English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�sti|-�sti
Adjective
en-adj|crust|ier
- Pertaining to or having a crust, as, for example, in the case of bread.
- context|figurative|of a person or behavior short-tempered|Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature; peevish, surly, harsh.
Translations
trans-top|having a crust
Greek: t|el|ξεÏ�οÏ�ημÎνοÏ�|m|trxeropsiménos|scGrek
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|grumpy, short-tempered
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Noun
en-noun|crust|ies
- rfv-sense An old person.
- context|mainly|UK A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
- rfv-sense slang dry|Dried eye mucus.
#*1999, Vinnie Hansen, Murder, Honey, Xlibris Corporation, ISBN 0-7388-0467-3, page 155,
#*:Against the backdrop of muted stripes of color, Julieanne picked at her eyes� crusties, and then combed her hair with the hand.
#*2003, Mary O'Connell, "Saint Anne", in Living with Saints, Grove Press, ISBN 0-8021-3926-4, page 209,
#*:Jesus, how could I bear the sight of him�sleep crusties lodged in the corners of his rheumy eyes, a puff of chest hair cresting like meringue over the top of his V-neck sweater, khakis jacked up to his breastbone�when I was used to looking at the singularly lovely Isabella?
#*2005, Jeffrey Dinsmore, I, an Actress: The Autobiography of Karen Jamey, <!-- [sic]: it's a misleadingly named novel --> Contemporary Press, ISBN 0974461490, page 51,
#*:I wiped the crusties from my eyes, threw on a sundress, and wandered out into the living room.
References
R:Webster 1913
R:Dictionary.com
"crusty" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
"crusty" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
"crusty (''adj.'' easily annoyed)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
"crusty (''n.'' an unwashed person)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
"crusty" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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