ADUST


Meaning of ADUST in English

/euh dust"/ , adj.

1. dried or darkened as by heat.

2. burned; scorched.

3. Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.

[ 1400-50; late ME adustus (ptp. of adurere ), equiv. to ad- AD- + us- (base of urere to burn) + -tus ptp. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .