Adust

[ә'dʌst]

Definition

(adj.) burned brown by the sun; 'of an adust complexion'- Sir Walter Scott .

(adj.) 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' .

Inputed by Jenny--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Inflamed or scorched; fiery.

(a.) Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.

(a.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.

Edited by Babbage

Definition

adj. burnt up or scorched; browned with the sun.

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