[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adust \adust"\ a^du^st", a. l. adustus, p. p. of
   adurere: cf. f. aduste.
   1. inflamed or scorched; dried or darkened by heat. "the
      libyan air adust." --milton. --as
      1913 webster

   2. sunburnt. archaic --as
      1913 webster

            a tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   3. med. looking or acting depressed; atrabilious; gloomy.
      archaic --as
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

adust
     adj 1: 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" syn: baked, parched, scorched,
             sunbaked
     2: burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- sir
        walter scott
see also:
baked parched scorched sunbaked 

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