adust /əˈdʌst/ adjective3 •[after a noun] (historical) Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).From melancholy adust arises one kind [of humour]; from Choler another, which is most brutish: another from Flegme, which is dull; and the last from Blood, which is best. — 1638 •Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home. — 1862 •(no longer used) Burnt or having a scorched colour.