ˈkrəstē, -ti adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from cruste crust + -y
1.
a.
(1) : having a crust
(2) : having or forming a crisp dry outer layer
b. of wine : crusted : old and mellow
a flagon crusty — W.M.Thackeray
2. : genuinely or apparently abrupt, surly, and uncivil in address or disposition and often crude in appearance
a crusty old fellow, as close as a vise — Nathaniel Hawthorne
3. : filthy , vile
crusty jokes
Synonyms: see bluff