Thesaurus: adust

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1. a. Inflamed or scorched; fiery.
2. a. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.
3. a. Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
4. adj. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
5. adj. burned brown by the sun
6. 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.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
7. Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in theblood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
8. s. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight s. burned brown by the sun