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adust

/əˈdʌst/ UK

Rhymes with -ʌst

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From Middle French aduste, and its source, Latin adustus (“burnt, scorched”), past participle of adūrere.

adjective

historical, postpositional, usually, of a bodily humour Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry). From melancholy aduſt ariſes one kind [of humour]; from Choler another, which is moſt brutiſh: another from Flegme, which is dull; and the laſt from Blood, which is beſt.
broadly Hot and dry; thirsty or parched. He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home.
archaic Burnt or having a scorched colour.

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@misc{adust_2026,
  title = {adust},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adust},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}