Adust
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈdʌst/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Adust is an adjective meaning (by extension) Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
Meaning
(by extension) Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
More Meanings
- (medicine, historical, usually postpositive, of a bodily humour) Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).
- (archaic) Burnt or having a scorched colour.
Example Sentences
He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home.
[S]o in fevers and hot diſtempers from choler aduſt is cauſed a blackneſſe in our tongues, teeth and excretions: […]
From melancholy aduſt ariſes one kind [of humour]; from Choler another, which is moſt brutiſh: another from Flegme, which is dull; and the laſt from Blood, which is beſt.
Synonyms for adust
Depending on context, synonyms include scorched, dry, brunette, sunbaked, baked, brunet.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brunet, brunette, sunbaked, scorched, baked, dry.
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