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adust

 
Dictionary: a·dust   (ə-dŭst') pronunciation

adj.
  1. Burned; scorched.
  2. Archaic. Browned by the sun; sunburned.
  3. Archaic. Melancholy in appearance or temperament; gloomy.

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


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
  Synonyms: baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked

Meaning #2: (archaic) burned brown by the sun


 
 
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