adust
(adjective) burned brown by the sun; āof an adust complexionā- Sir Walter Scott
adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked
(adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; āa vast desert all adustā; āland lying baked in the heatā; āparched soilā; āthe earth was scorched and bareā; āsunbaked salt flatsā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
adust
(medicine, historical, usually postpositive, of a bodily humour) Abnormally dark or over-concentrated; associated with various states of discomfort or illness (specifically being too hot or dry). [from 15th c.]
(by extension) Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
(now rare) Burnt or having a scorched color. [from 15th c.]
• duats, ustad
Source: Wiktionary
A*dust", a. Etym: [L. adustus, p. p. of adurere: cf. F. aduste.]
1. Inflamed or scorched; fiery. "The Libyan air adust." Milton.
2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt. A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. Sir W. Scott.
3. (Med.)
Definition: Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red ā indicating ripeness ā they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
