different between rustless vs gustless

English

Etymology

rust +? -less

Adjective

rustless (not comparable)

1. That does not rust; stainless.
   • 1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless

     Now motor roads are dustless,
     The latest steel is rustless,
     Our tennis courts are sodless,
     Our new religions, godless.

2. Without rust; unrusted.
   • 1903, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 29, Part 1

     All this upper work, however, was rustless, and the paint in good condition. The lower and much rusted part of the column […]

Derived terms

• rustlessness

Translations

Anagrams

• tusslers

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???stl?s/

Etymology 1

From Latin gustus (“a tasting”), and suffix -less.

Adjective

gustless (comparative more gustless, superlative most gustless)

1. (obsolete) tasteless; insipid
   • 1683, Sir Thomas Browne, Observations Upon Several Plants Mentioned In Scripture

     […] they might after give the expressed and less useful part of the cods and remaining pulp unto their swine: which, being no gustless or unsatisfying offal, might be well desired by the prodigal in his hunger.

Related terms

• degustation
• disgust

Etymology 2

gust +? -less

Adjective

gustless (comparative more gustless, superlative most gustless)

1. Without gusts (of wind).