Definitions for adust

adust a·dust

Spelling: [uh-duhst]
IPA: /əˈdʌst/

Adust is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in adust (adstu).

Definitions for adust

adjective

  1. dried or darkened as by heat.
  2. burned; scorched.
  3. Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.

Origin of adust

1400-50; late Middle English Latin adustus (past participle of adūrere), equivalent to ad- ad- + us- (base of ūrere to burn) + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for adust

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for adust
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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