adust meaning and definition

ADUST adjective

Definition of adust (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked
2. burned brown by the sun
   • "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott