adust

a·dust

A5105900 (ə-dŭst′)adj. Archaic 1. Burned; scorched: "The brandished sword of God before them blazed ... with torrid heat, and vapor as the Libyan air adust" (John Milton).2. Sunburned.3. Melancholy in appearance or temperament; gloomy.

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[Middle English, from Latin adustus, past participle of adūrere, to set fire to : ad-, ad- + ūrere, to burn.]

adust

(əˈdʌst) adj1. dried up or darkened by heat; burnt or scorched2. gloomy or melancholy[C14: (in the sense: gloomy): from Latin adūstus, from adūrere to set fire to, from ūrere to burn]

a•dust

(əˈdʌst)

adj. 1. dried or darkened as by heat. 2. burned; scorched. 3. Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin adustus, past participle of adūrere=ad- ad- + ūrere to burn]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	adust - 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"baked, parched, scorched, sunbakeddry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
	2.	adust - burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scottarchaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expressionbrunet, brunette - marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty"