Thesaurus / adust
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How to use adust in a sentence
Adust, a-dust′, adj. burnt up or scorched; browned with the sun.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSBlondel took up the word, his eyes sparkling, his adust complexion heated and full of fire.
THE LONG NIGHTSTANLEY WEYMANThe Tragedian unbent by degrees; his adust countenance warmed into flesh and blood, and he grew facetious and festive.
MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, VOL. 2 (OF 2)GEORGE DANIELThe Oxford scholar long ago, as described by Chaucer, was adust and thin.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 17, NO. 101, MARCH, 1866VARIOUSBut if it be stopped, and cannot have his way, it becometh adust, and thereby malign and venomous.
ESSAYSFRANCIS BACONHe was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home.
ROMOLAGEORGE ELIOTGo, ye Chimeras, with your magnetic vellum; sweet young Chimera, adust middle-aged one!
THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONTHOMAS CARLYLEWORDS RELATED TO ADUST
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