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
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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
The jail contains all arts in act and trust; Should you but hanker after surgeon’s skill, ’Twill draw the spoiled blood from your veins adust.
From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by John Addington Symonds
Blondel took up the word, his eyes sparkling, his adust complexion heated and full of fire.
From The Long Night by Stanley John Weyman
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
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