different between rusty vs rushy
rusty
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???sti/
- Rhymes: -?sti
Etymology 1
From Middle English rusty, from Old English r?sti? (“rusty”), from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (“rusty”), equivalent to rust +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rusterch (“rusty”), West Frisian rustich, roastich (“rusty”), Dutch roestig (“rusty”), German Low German rusterig, rüsterig (“rusty”), German rostig (“rusty”), Swedish rostig (“rusty”).
Adjective
rusty (comparative rustier, superlative rustiest)
- Marked or corroded by rust. [from 9th c.]
- Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown. [from 14th c.]
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XIV:
- Alive? he might be dead for aught I know, / With that red gaunt and colloped neck a-strain, / And shut eyes underneath the rusty mane;
- Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XIV:
- Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. [from 16th c.]
- (now chiefly historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby. [from 17th c.]
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- He wore a black jacket, rusty and amorphous.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:
- The clerk stared at him and the rusty black bonnet a moment, and then laughed.
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
Derived terms
- ride rusty
- rusty nail
- Rusty (nickname)
- turn rusty
Translations
Etymology 2
Variant form of resty; compare also reasty.
Adjective
rusty (comparative more rusty, superlative most rusty)
- Discolored and rancid; reasty. [from 16th c.]
Anagrams
- Tyrus, yurts
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ruste, rousty, rosty, ruisty
- rusti?e (early)
Etymology
From Old English r?sti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rusti?/, /?ru?sti?/
Adjective
rusty
- rusted
Descendants
- English: rusty
- Yola: roostha
References
- “r??st?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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rushy
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English russhy, russhi, resshi, equivalent to rush (“a plant”) +? -y.
Adjective
rushy (comparative rushier, superlative rushiest)
- (of a marsh etc) abounding in rushes
- having the characteristics of a rush (the plant); rushlike
Synonyms
- juncaceous
- juncous
Derived terms
- rushiness
Etymology 2
From rush (“a hurry”) +? -y. Compare Saterland Frisian ruusich (“fast; quick; rushy”).
Adjective
rushy (comparative more rushy, superlative most rushy)
- Characterised by rushing; hurried; fast-paced
Synonyms
- frenzied
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