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ADUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adust mean? 

ADUST (adjective)
  The adjective ADUST has 2 senses:

1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlightplay

2. burned brown by the sunplay

  Familiarity information: ADUST used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADUST (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

Synonyms:

adust; baked; parched; scorched; sunbaked

Context example:

sunbaked salt flats

Similar:

dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Burned brown by the sun

Context example:

of an adust complexion

Similar:

brunet; brunette (marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes)

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)


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