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adust

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADUST

a.[L. adustus, burnt, the participle of aduro, to burn. ] Burnt; scorched; become dry by heat; hot and fiery.

 

ADUSTED

a.Become hot and dry; burnt; scorched.

 

ADUSTION

n.The act of burning, scorching, or heating to dryness; a state of being thus heated or dried.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADUST

A *dust ", a. Etym: [L. adustus, p. p. of adurere: cf. F. aduste.]

 

1. Inflamed or scorched; fiery. "The Libyan air adust. " Milton.

 

2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt. A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. Sir W. Scott.

 

3. (Med. )

 

Defn: Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs. ] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.

 

ADUSTED

ADUSTED A *dust "ed, a.

 

Defn: Burnt; adust. [Obs. ] Howell.

 

ADUSTIBLE

ADUSTIBLE A *dust "i *ble, a.

 

Defn: That may be burnt. [Obs. ]

 

ADUSTION

A *dus "tion, n. Etym: [L. adustio, fr. adurere, adustum: cf. F.adustion. ]

 

1. The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. [Obs. ] Harvey.

 

2. (Surg.)

 

Defn: Cauterization. Buchanan.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adust

adust |əˈdʌst | ▶adjective archaic 1 scorched; burnt. 2 gloomy; melancholic. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French aduste or Latin adustus ‘burnt ’, from adurere, from ad ‘to ’ (as an intensifier ) + urere ‘to burn ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

adust

adust |əˈdʌst | ▶adjective archaic 1 scorched; burnt. 2 gloomy; melancholic. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French aduste or Latin adustus ‘burnt ’, from adurere, from ad ‘to ’ (as an intensifier ) + urere ‘to burn ’.

 

Spanish Dictionary

adustez

adustez nombre femenino 1 Cualidad de adusto :la obra "Campos de Castilla " destaca por la adustez del tono, sin abandonar totalmente los rasgos modernistas .2 Ceño, aspereza, desabrimiento .

 

adusto, -ta

adusto, -ta adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que es excesivamente rígido, áspero y desapacible en el trato :al principio parece adusto, pero a medida que tratas con él te das cuenta de que sólo es una actitud de defensa .ANTÓNIMO afable .2 Que es propio de la persona adusta :carácter adusto .3 Que es sobrio y austero, sin ornamentos :la prosa adusta de un escritor .4 Que es muy seco y está yermo :terreno adusto; paisaje adusto .