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Adjective: rusty (rustier,rustiest)  rús-tee
  1. Covered with or consisting of rust
    "a rusty machine"; "rusty deposits"
     
  2. Impaired in skill by neglect
    "After months without playing, the pianist felt rusty";
    - out of practice
     
  3. Of the brown colour of rust
    "The rusty autumn leaves covered the ground";
    - rust, rust-brown
     
  4. Ancient
    "rusty jokes";
    - hoary

Derived forms: rustier, rustiest

See also: chromatic, old, rusted, unskilled

Encyclopedia: Rusty, Starlight Express