CRUSTY


Meaning of CRUSTY in English

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

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