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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight;
- Example: "a vast desert all adust"
- Example: "land lying baked in the heat"
- Example: "parched soil"
- Example: "the earth was scorched and bare"
- Example: "sunbaked salt flats"
[syn: adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked]

2. burned brown by the sun;
- Example: "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 [1913 Webster] 2. Sunburnt. [archaic] --AS [1913 Webster] A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Looking or acting depressed; atrabilious; gloomy. [archaic] --AS [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked] 2: burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott