† rustfuladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Full of or characterized by rust (literal and figurative).
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > corroded > rusty
rustyeOE
rusted?c1225
cankered1530
cankerfret1603
rustful1709
rustyish1803
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > incrusted, scaled, or furred > rusty
rustyeOE
rusted?c1225
rustful1709
1709 Quarles' Emblemes (rev. ed.) i. vii. 29 Why dost thou suffer rustful [1635, etc.: lustful(l)] sloth to creep..into thy wanton brows?
1878 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 87/1 They are studded, like the timbers of a dungeon-door, with the clamps and fragments of rustful iron bands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1709- non-usager
- non-usance
- non-use
- non-user
- non-using
- non-utilitarian
- non-utility
- non-vacuous
- non-valent
- non-valid
- non-validity
- non-vanishing
- non-vascular
- non-veg
- non-vegetarian
- non-veggie
- non-venomous
- non-verbalized
- non-veridical
- non-viability
- non-viable
- non-vintage
- non-violence
- non-violent
- non-violently