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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-duhst |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈdʌst |
Definition of adust
- As in sunburned : adj tanned
- He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home.
- Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot
- Adust, a-dust′, adj. burnt up or scorched; browned with the sun.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- Blondel took up the word, his eyes sparkling, his adust complexion heated and full of fire.
- Extract from : « The Long Night » by Stanley Weyman
- The Oxford scholar long ago, as described by Chaucer, was adust and thin.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 » by Various
- The Tragedian unbent by degrees; his adust countenance warmed into flesh and blood, and he grew facetious and festive.
- Extract from : « Merrie England In The Olden Time, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by George Daniel
- Go, ye Chimeras, with your magnetic vellum; sweet young Chimera, adust middle-aged one!
- Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle
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