Associations to the word «Dusty»

Wiktionary

DUSTY, adjective. Covered with dust.
DUSTY, adjective. Powdery and resembling dust.
DUSTY, adjective. Grey in parts.
DUSTY, proper noun. A diminutive of the   male given name Dustin.
DUSTY, proper noun. (British) a nickname for someone with the surname Miller
DUSTY MILLER, noun. (idiomatic) A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.
DUSTY MILLER, noun. One of several species of plants with leaves of a dusty appearance: Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, Artemisia stelleriana, and Lychnis coronaria.
DUSTY MILLERS, noun. Plural of dusty miller
DUSTY PLASMA, noun. (physics) A plasma containing particles larger than the ions of the plasma; typically manufactured plastic micro-spheres.

Dictionary definition

DUSTY, adjective. Covered with a layer of dust; "a dusty pile of books".
DUSTY, adjective. Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley