dusty
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Covered with dust.
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- Grey or greyish.
- Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
- Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
- Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
Noun
- A medium-brown color.
- An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
- A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
- A supply petty officer.
- A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
- An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
- A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
- A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
- A dustman.
- A duststorm.
- A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
Proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Dustin.
- a nickname for someone with the surname Miller
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