adust

The Tragedian unbent by degrees; his adust countenance warmed into flesh and blood, and he grew facetious and festive.

Adust, a-dust′, adj. burnt up or scorched; browned with the sun.

He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home.

The Oxford scholar long ago, as described by Chaucer, was adust and thin.

Blondel took up the word, his eyes sparkling, his adust complexion heated and full of fire.

Go, ye Chimeras, with your magnetic vellum; sweet young Chimera, adust middle-aged one!