Adust
/əˈdʌst/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 Hot and dry; thirsty or parched. broadly
"He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home."
- 3 Burnt or having a scorched colour. archaic
Adjective
- 1 burned brown by the sun wordnet
- 2 dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight wordnet
Example
More examples"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.