Adust

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  adust \a*dust"\ ([a^]*d[u^]st"), a. [L. adustus, p. p. of
     adurere: cf. F. aduste.]
     1. Inflamed or scorched; dried or darkened by heat. "The
        Libyan air adust." --Milton. --AS
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     2. Sunburnt. [archaic] --AS
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              A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     3. (Med.) Looking or acting depressed; atrabilious; gloomy.
        [archaic] --AS
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adust
       adj 1: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast
              desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat";
              "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare";
              "sunbaked salt flats" [syn: {baked}, {parched}, {scorched},
               {sunbaked}]
       2: burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir
          Walter Scott