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adust

UK/əˈdʌst/ uncommon archaic

adjective

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”
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2.

burned brown by the sun

  • “of an adust complexion” Sir Walter Scott
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Origin

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

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