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Word of the Day - adust

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adust

adjective
archaic
1 Scorched; burnt.
2 Gloomy; melancholic.

Origin
Late
Middle English: from French aduste or Latin adustus ‘burnt’, from
adurere, from ad ‘to’ (as an intensifier) + urere ‘to burn’.

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It will not come as a surprise that by the end of the day, I'll be a bit adust. Our road trip will be over.

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