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adust
[ uh-duhst ]
adjective
- dried or darkened as by heat.
- burned; scorched.
- Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.
adust
/ əˈdʌst /
adjective
- dried up or darkened by heat; burnt or scorched
- gloomy or melancholy
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adust1
C14: (in the sense: gloomy): from Latin adūstus, from adūrere to set fire to, from ūrere to burn
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Example Sentences
Adust, a-dust′, adj. burnt up or scorched; browned with the sun.
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Blondel took up the word, his eyes sparkling, his adust complexion heated and full of fire.
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The Tragedian unbent by degrees; his adust countenance warmed into flesh and blood, and he grew facetious and festive.
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The Oxford scholar long ago, as described by Chaucer, was adust and thin.
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But if it be stopped, and cannot have his way, it becometh adust, and thereby malign and venomous.
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