rustiness

The state of being rusty.

Noun

  1. The state of being rusty.
    • Southgate's team, playing their first game since the 4-0 win in Kosovo in November, showed understandable rustiness - 2020 September 5, Phil McNulty, “Iceland 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:

Origin

Etymology tree English rusty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English rustiness From rusty + -ness.