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verb
- 1. alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result: "he smoothed his hair and adjusted his tie" Similar
- 2. assess (loss or damages) when settling an insurance claim: "the insurance agent may have the responsibility of adjusting small losses"
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1. : scorched, burned. 2. archaic : of a sunburned appearance. 3. archaic : of a gloomy appearance or disposition. Did you know? Adust comes from Latin adustus, the past participle of adūrere ("to set fire to"), a verb formed from the Latin prefix ad- and the verb ūrere ("to burn").
Definitions of adust. adjective. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. “a vast desert all adust ”. synonyms: baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked. dry. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet. adjective. burned brown by the sun.
Adust definition: dried or darkened as by heat.. See examples of ADUST used in a sentence.
adust - 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"
Adust is an adjective that describes something or someone as being scorched, burned, or having a dark or sunburnt complexion. It typically references an overly heated condition or a dried, burnt, or parched appearance.
What does the adjective adust mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective adust, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. adust has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. anatomy (Middle English) pathology (Middle English) See meaning & use.
1 day ago · adust. (medicine, historical, usually postpositive, of a bodily humour) Abnormally dark or over- concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry). [from 15th c.] Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner.
