adust
Americanadjective
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dried or darkened as by heat.
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burned; scorched.
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Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.
adjective
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dried up or darkened by heat; burnt or scorched
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gloomy or melancholy
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
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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
Still I am not quite sorry to enjoy the weather of adust climates without their tempests and insects.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
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
Go, ye Chimeras, with your magnetic vellum; sweet young Chimera, adust middle-aged one!
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
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