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adust definition

adust (ə dust′)

adjective

  1. scorched; burned
  2. parched
  3. sunburned
  4. sallow and melancholy

Etymology: L adustus, pp. of adurere, to burn up < ad-, to + urere, to burn: see ember

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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