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adust

[ uh-duhst ]

adjective

  1. dried or darkened as by heat.
  2. burned; scorched.
  3. Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.


adust

/ əˈdʌst /

adjective

  1. dried up or darkened by heat; burnt or scorched
  2. gloomy or melancholy


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Word History and Origins

Origin of adust1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin adustus (past participle of adūrere ), equivalent to ad- ad- + us- (base of ūrere to burn) + -tus past participle suffix

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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.

Blondel took up the word, his eyes sparkling, his adust complexion heated and full of fire.

The Tragedian unbent by degrees; his adust countenance warmed into flesh and blood, and he grew facetious and festive.

The Oxford scholar long ago, as described by Chaucer, was adust and thin.

But if it be stopped, and cannot have his way, it becometh adust, and thereby malign and venomous.

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