Adust

//əˈdʌst// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry). historical, postpositional, usually

    "From melancholy aduſt ariſes one kind [of humour]; from Choler another, which is moſt brutiſh: another from Flegme, which is dull; and the laſt from Blood, which is beſt."

  2. 2
    Hot and dry; thirsty or parched. broadly

    "He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home."

  3. 3
    Burnt or having a scorched colour. archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    burned brown by the sun wordnet
  2. 2
    dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight wordnet

Synonyms

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ashenauburnbakedbaybayardblistered

Example

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"From melancholy aduſt ariſes one kind [of humour]; from Choler another, which is moſt brutiſh: another from Flegme, which is dull; and the laſt from Blood, which is beſt."

Etymology

From Middle French aduste, and its source, Latin adustus (“burnt, scorched”), past participle of adūrere.

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