adust

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/əˈdʌst/(UK)

Definition of adust

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(historical, postpositional, usually)Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).

“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.”
“[S]o in fevers and hot diſtempers from choler aduſt is cauſed a blackneſſe in our tongues, teeth and excretions: […]”

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adj

(historical, postpositional, usually)Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).

“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.”
“[S]o in fevers and hot diſtempers from choler aduſt is cauſed a blackneſſe in our tongues, teeth and excretions: […]”
(broadly)Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.

“He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home.”
(archaic)Burnt or having a scorched colour.

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From Middle French aduste, and its source, Latin adustus (“burnt, scorched”), past participle of adūrere.

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