rusty

English

Etymology

rust +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌsti

Adjective

rusty (comparative rustier, superlative rustiest)

1. Affected by rust.
2. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
3. Having red or reddish-brown hair.
4. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
   • 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, BBC:

     Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements.

5. discolored and rancid; reasty

   rusty bacon

Derived terms

• rusty nail

Translations

affected by rust

• Arabic: صدئ (ar) (Sadi')
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生鏽的 (cmn), 生锈的 (cmn) (shēngxiù de)

• Czech: rezavý (cs) m
• Dutch: roestig (nl)
• Finnish: ruosteinen (fi)
• French: rouillé (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: rostig (de)
• Greek: σκουριασμένος (el) (skouriasménos)(skouriasmenos)

• Hungarian: rozsdás (hu)
• Italian: arrugginito (it) m, arrugginita (it) f
• Japanese: さびた (ja) (sabita)
• Latin: aerūginōsus (la)
• Portuguese: enferrujado (pt) m
• Romanian: ruginit (ro)
• Russian: ржавый (ru) (ržávyj)
• Slovak: hrdzavý (sk) m
• Spanish: herrumbroso (es)

of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown

• Czech: rezavý (cs) m
• Finnish: ruosteenruskea (fi)
• Hungarian: rozsdabarna (hu)

• Latin: ferrūgineus (la) m
• Slovak: hrdzavý (sk) m
• Spanish: herrumbroso (es) m

having red or reddish-brown hair

• Czech: rezavý (cs) m
• Finnish: punatukkainen (fi)
• Greek: κοκκινοτρίχης (el) (kokkinotríchis)(kokinotrichis)
• Hungarian: rozsdabarna (hu)

• Italian: ruggine (it)
• Portuguese: ruivo (pt) m
• Romanian: roșcat (ro)
• Slovak: hrdzavý (sk) m

lacking recent experience, out of practice

• Estonian: roostes (et)
• Finnish: ruosteinen (fi), ruosteessa (fi)
• French: rouillé (fr) m
• Greek: σκουριασμένος (el) (skouriasménos)(skouriasmenos), ξεπερασμένος (el) (xeperasménos)(xeperasmenos)

• Hungarian: berozsdásodott (hu)
• Italian: arrugginito (it) m, arrugginita (it) f
• Portuguese: enferrujado (pt) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: rouillé m, rouillée f (1)
• German: rostig (1), rostfarben (2), eingerostet (4)
• Italian: arrugginito m, arrugginita f (1)

• Jèrriais: roui
• Portuguese: enferrujado (1), destreinado (4)
• Swedish: rostig (sv) (1,4), rostfärgad (sv) (3)

Anagrams

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