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Webster 1913 Edition


dusty

dust′y

(dŭst′y̆)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Dustier
(dŭst′ĭ-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Dustiest
(dŭst′ĭ-ĕst)
.]
[AS.
dystig
. See
Dust
.]
1.
Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust;
as, a
dusty
table; a
dusty
attic
; also, reducing to dust.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to
dusty
death.
Shakespeare
2.
Like dust; of the color of dust;
as, a
dusty
white
.
Dusty miller
(Bot.)
,
a plant (
Cineraria maritima
); – so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dusty

DUSTY

,
Adj.
1.
Filled, covered or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust.
2.
Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white; a dusty red.

Definition 2024


Dusty

Dusty

See also: dusty

English

Proper noun

Dusty

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Dustin.

Etymology 2

Derived from dusty, from the tendency of persons engaged in the milling of flour to become covered with flour dust.

Proper noun

Dusty

  1. (Britain) a nickname for someone with the surname Miller

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dusty

dusty

See also: Dusty

English

Adjective

dusty (comparative dustier, superlative dustiest)

  1. Covered with dust.
  2. Powdery and resembling dust.
  3. Grey in parts.

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