adust adust /əˈdʌst/

adjective

1. [Archaic] Burned brown by the sun  ( adust [Archaic] )
   burned brown by the sun
    Of an adust complexion
   of an adust complexion
   
2. [Archaic] Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight  ( adust [Archaic] , baked , parched , scorched , sunbaked )
   dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
    A vast desert all adust
   a vast desert all adust
    Land lying baked in the heat
   land lying baked in the heat
    Parched soil
   parched soil
    The earth was scorched and bare
   the earth was scorched and bare
    Sunbaked salt flats
   sunbaked salt flats