adust

American  

[uh-duhst] / əˈdʌst /

adjective

1. dried or darkened as by heat.

2. burned; scorched.

3. Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.

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adust British  

/ əˈdʌst /

adjective

1. dried up or darkened by heat; burnt or scorched

2. gloomy or melancholy

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Etymology

Origin of adust

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

Example Sentences

It will also adust food court seating, shutter play areas and drinking fountains and restrict the number of sinks and urinals in restrooms.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020

The culture in the field, once cordial and collaborative, became openly combative, as scientists adjusted to new norms of public critique while still struggling to adust to new standards of evidence.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2017

He was thin, of an adust complexion, and had acquired a habit of stooping which, when he was not excited, gave him an appearance of age.

From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony

He was a tall thin man, with an adust complexion, and the vivacity of his eye indicated some irascibility of temperament.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir

The dreamy mist of graceful cobwebs, festooning and fantastic, and many a tiny window all adust, softened his brilliancy to a dim, religious light.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various