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[ adjective ] dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

Examples

"a vast desert all adust" "land lying baked in the heat" "parched soil" "the earth was scorched and bare" "sunbaked salt flats"

Related terms

dry

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[ adjective ] (archaic) burned brown by the sun

Examples

"of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott

Related terms

archaism brunet

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