rustless

adj

Etymology

From rust + -less.

  1. derived from *rustaz✻
  2. derived from rust — “red, ruddy”
  3. derived from *rastō✻ — “rest, pause”
  4. derived from *rastu✻
  5. derived from rasta
  6. derived from ruste
  7. suffixed as rustless — “rust + less”

Definitions

  1. That does not rust

    That does not rust; stainless.

    • Now motor roads are dustless, The latest steel is rustless, Our tennis courts are sodless, Our new religions, godless.
  2. Without rust

    Without rust; unrusted.

    • All this upper work, however, was rustless, and the paint in good condition. The lower and much rusted part of the column […]

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