Associations to the word «Adust»
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Wiktionary
ADUST, adjective. (medicine) (historical) (usually postpositive) Describing a bodily humour which is abnormally dark or over-concentrated, associated with various states of discomfort or illness (specifically being too hot or dry). [from 15th c.]
ADUST, adjective. (now rare) Burnt or having a scorched color. [from 15th c.]
Dictionary definition
ADUST, adjective. 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, adjective. Burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott.
Wise words
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.