rustful
English
Etymology
rust + -ful
Adjective
rustful (comparative more rustful, superlative most rustful)
- (archaic) Full of rust; resembling or causing rust; rusty.
- (archaic, figuratively) Dull; impaired by inactivity.
- Francis Quarles
- Why dost thou suffer rustful sloth to creep,
Dull Cyprian Lad, into thy wanton brows?
- Why dost thou suffer rustful sloth to creep,
- Francis Quarles
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rustful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)