adust

[ uh-duhst ]

adjective

1. dried or darkened as by heat.
2. burned; scorched.
3. Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.

adust

/ əˈdʌst /

adjective

1. dried up or darkened by heat; burnt or scorched
2. gloomy or melancholy

Word History and Origins

Origin of adust¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin adustus (past participle of adūrere ), equivalent to ad- ad- + us- (base of ūrere to burn) + -tus past participle suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of adust¹

C14: (in the sense: gloomy): from Latin adūstus, from adūrere to set fire to, from ūrere to burn

Example Sentences

The N.F.L. acknowledged Dr. Fauci’s warning and said it would adust its guidelines to align with public health recommendations as it works to reopen training facilities.

From New York Times

It will also adust food court seating, shutter play areas and drinking fountains and restrict the number of sinks and urinals in restrooms.

From New York Times

The culture in the field, once cordial and collaborative, became openly combative, as scientists adjusted to new norms of public critique while still struggling to adust to new standards of evidence.

From New York Times

A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion.

From Project Gutenberg

"Turning our faces west," he says, "we found ourselves in a mountain world, fold rising above fold, peak behind peak, cone jostling cone; away to the north, to the west, to the south, the mountain tops rolled away like so many vitrified waves, not one adust or arid spot was visible in all this scene."

From Project Gutenberg