dusty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite covered with a layer of dust
    dust-covered.
    • a dusty pile of books
  2. adjective satellite lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
    cold; stale; moth-eaten.
    • moth-eaten theories about race
    • stale news

WordNet

Dust"y adjective
Etymology
AS. dystig. See Dust.
Wordforms
comparative Dustier ; superlative Dustiest
Definitions
  1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust.
    And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.
  2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white.

Webster 1913