adust

Meaning

Adjective

  • Of a bodily humour: abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).
  • Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
  • Burnt or having a scorched colour.

Origin

  • From Middle French aduste, and its source, Latin adūstus ("burnt, scorched"), past participle of adūrere.

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