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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 sunlight
2. burned brown by the sun
Familiarity information: ADUST used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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