a·dust a.
1. Inflamed or scorched; dried or darkened by heat. “The Libyan air adust.” --AS
2. Sunburnt. [archaic] --AS
A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. --Sir W. Scott.
3. Med. Looking or acting depressed; atrabilious; gloomy. [archaic] --AS
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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: baked, parched, scorched,
sunbaked]
2: burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir
Walter Scott