dusty

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdʌsti/ See IPA manual

Freq #7793

Meanings

1

adj
Covered with a layer of dust.

She pulled a dusty old book down from the top shelf.
2

adj
Old-fashioned and out of date.

His ideas felt dusty and out of touch with modern life.

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Synonyms

1 adj · covered with a layer of dust. dust-covered

Word family

Forms dustierdustiestdustiness

Derived forms dustilydustinessnondustytrusty-dusty

Etymology

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”).

dusty Middle English dūstiġ Old English

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# dusty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdʌsti/
**Frequency rank:** 7793

## Meanings
1. Covered with a layer of dust.
2. Old-fashioned and out of date.

## Examples
- She pulled a dusty old book down from the top shelf.
- His ideas felt dusty and out of touch with modern life.

## Derived Forms
- dustily
- dustiness
- nondusty
- trusty-dusty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dusty
- Root: dūstiġ

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Dusty comes 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”). In current use, the main senses are “Covered with a layer of dust” and “Old-fashioned and out of date”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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