 adust |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | |
| Synonyms: | parched scorched sunbaked baked | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | dry | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (archaic) burned brown by the sun | |
| Examples: | "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott |
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| Related terms: | archaism brunet | |
| Similar spelling: |
Adsit adduct adjutant adductor adjudge addict |
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