Adust Definition & Meaning
adust
- adjective
- dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats"
- burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott
Words that rhyme with adust
Usage tips for "adust"
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