Dusty Definition
dŭstē
dustier, dustiest
adjective
dustier, dustiest
Covered with dust; full of dust.
Webster's New World
Like dust; powdery.
Webster's New World
Muted with gray.
Dusty pink.
Webster's New World
Timeworn; stale.
The dusty precepts of a bygone era.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- travel-stained
- travel-worn
- travel-weary
- moth-eaten
- stale
- cold
- dust-covered
- arid
- pulverulent
- unswept
- timeworn
- pulverous
- pulverized
- powdery
- dry
pronoun
A male given name, diminutive of Dustin.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Dusty
Adjective
Base Form:
dusty
Comparative:
dustier
Superlative:
dustiestOrigin of Dusty
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From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).
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Derived from dusty, from the tendency of persons engaged in the milling of flour to become covered with flour dust.
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Derived from Dustin.
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