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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADUST

(Gloomy): from Latin adūstus, from adūrere to set fire to, from ūrere to burn.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ADUST

adust  [əˈdʌst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADUST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adust is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ADUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of adust in the English dictionary

The definition of adust in the dictionary is dried up or darkened by heat; burnt or scorched. Other definition of adust is gloomy or melancholy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADUST


bedust
bɪˈdʌst
bulldust
ˈbʊlˌdʌst
coaldust
ˈkəʊldʌst
dost
dʌst
dry-as-dust
ˌdraɪəzˈdʌst
dust
dʌst
moondust
ˈmuːnˌdʌst
overdust
ˌəʊvəˈdʌst
sawdust
ˈsɔːˌdʌst
spit-and-sawdust
ˌspɪtənˈsɔːdʌst
stardust
ˈstɑːˌdʌst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADUST

adulterize
adulterous
adulterously
adultery
adultescent
adulthood
adultly
adultness
adultress
adumbral
adumbrate
adumbration
adumbrative
adumbratively
adunc
aduncate
aduncated
aduncity
aduncous

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADUST

angel dust
august
bite the dust
bull dust
bust
cosmic dust
dust-to-dust
exhaust
gold dust
holocaust
just
leave someone or something in the dust
lust
must
robust
rust
smart dust
thrust
trust
zinc dust

Synonyms and antonyms of adust in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «adust» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADUST

Find out the translation of adust to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adust from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adust» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

adust
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adust
570 millions of speakers

English

adust
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जला हुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محروق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

adust
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adust
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রৌদ্রদগ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adust
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Adu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

adust
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

adust
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우울한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adust
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sám nắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

adust
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थिर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

adust
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adusto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

adust
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

adust
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adust
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

adust
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

adust
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

adust
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adust
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adust

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADUST»

The term «adust» is normally little used and occupies the 118.500 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADUST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «adust» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «adust» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adust

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADUST»

Discover the use of adust in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adust and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Three Books of Occult Philosophy
A Fire: Choler 1hot-dry) A Air: Blood thot-moist) V Water: Phlegm tcold-moist) ^ Earth: Melancholy 1cold-dry) Adust choler seems to be what Burton refers to as a diseased humor, an aberrant form of choler proper. The anributions have been ...
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Donald Tyson, 1993
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Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Slaves of Passion
This unnatural humour is generally referred to as melancholy adust. Melancholy adust, then, was the unnatural humour that resulted from any one of the humours putrifying or being burnt through excessive heat. And the importance of ...
Lily Bess Campbell, 1930
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The Romans of Partenay, Or of Lusignen: Otherwise Known as ...
The .12. medicyn for to cure be feuere agu, and be lunatik TFrwrani"e man and woniman / discreet maistn's seyn. bat be feuere i""<1— agu. comounly is causid of a uyolent reed coler adust, and of Ttal» lever ° J J _ , eaam of cho- blood adust,  ...
Couldrette, Walter William Skeat, 1866
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
scorched. By this means, the virtual heat of the water will enter ; and such a heat as will not mak* the body adust or fragile. Bacon. Which with torrid heat, And vapours as the Libyan air adust, Began to parch that temperate clime. Par. Lost. a .
Samuel Johnson, 1805
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The Worlds of Renaissance Melancholy: Robert Burton in Context
24 There was, however, a second, 'unnatural' kind of black bile which had unequivocally toxic effects, generated out of combusted humours and later known as 'adust melancholy'.'25 In Avicenna's scheme of 'good' and 'bad' humours, the ...
Angus Gowland, 2006
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Montaigne & Melancholy: The Wisdom of the Essays
It is this burnt melancholy (called 'melancholy adust' ‒ the adjective coming after the noun) which so troubled Burton that he leisurely explored the topic in the Anatomy of Melancholy . Burton's book remains the most fascinating account of ...
Michael Andrew Screech, 2000
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The Melancholy Assemblage: Affect and Epistemology in the ...
been provided then it is instantly controverted by Apponensis via Melanc— thon, who specifically insists upon the causal role of melancholy adust. But, in a classic Burtonian triple play, Laurentius is now brought in to controvert the controverter ...
Drew Daniel, 2013
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Medieval Medicine: A Reader
The Symptoms Proper to Each Kind of Leprosy now that we have described the symptoms [of leprosy] is general, we will discuss them in relation to their antecedent causes, namely the four humors. the leprosy cause by *adust * melancholic ...
Faith Wallis, 2010
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Philosophical Experiments:: Containing Useful, and Necessary ...
Hence it seems probable that by Putrefaction, its Bittern Adust Salts, are changed in some Degree into a kind of Sal Ammoniack. For doubtless this Sea- Water had putrified in nineteen Months keeping in Flasks. I carried this Distillation on, ...
Stephen Hales, 1739
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The Anatomy of melancholy
If it arise from choler adust, they are bold and impudent, and of a more hairbrain disposition, apt to quarrel, and think of such things, battles, combats, and their manhood, furious ; impatient in discourse, stiff, irrefragable and prodigious in their ...
Robert Burton, 1857

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adust is used in the context of the following news items.
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Metallica's 'St. Anger' Covered by Two Fans
... their own metal bands – Grace the Skies and Adust, respectively — in Birmingham. Chris Dando, Gardner's bandmate, produced the tracks. «Ultimate Classic Rock, Jan 15»
2
With the heat rising, Doug Oliver exits PGW
ADUST-UP about soon-to-be mayoral candidate Doug Oliver's high-profile participation in a PGW television commercial has put an early end to ... «Philly.com, Jan 15»
3
The Science of Stress in 3D Printing: LLNL Research Team …
Adust laser settings (power and speed) and scanning parameters (pattern, orientation angle and overlaps) to produce more reliable parts. «3DPrint.com, Nov 14»
4
Elam ready for Ramirez
You have actually ended up getting more time to adust to training with Buddy McGirt. How is the training with him going? It is going excellent. «fightnews.com, Oct 14»
5
Mass shootings surge in US over last seven years: FBI study
The FBI said the majority of the shootings unfolded rapidly — suggesting law enforcement needed increased preparation and training to adust ... «New York Daily News, Sep 14»
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European banking job numbers drop a further 21000 in first half
Even if the economic outlook picks up, banks are unlikely to go on any hiring sprees as they adust to the new shape of their organisations and ... «Reuters, Sep 14»
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Panasonic AX902 is a 4K Ultra HD TV with Amazon 4K and Netflix 4K
In fact, the AX902 can adust to lighting conditions and will support Amazon 4K and Netflix 4K. More specifically, the AX902 features Direct LED, ... «Pocket-lint.com, Sep 14»
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A camera trained lovingly on Corkscrew
The RAW mode allows the photographer to prevent something like that from happening and make it easier to adust later. His favorite subject to ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 14»
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'Internet of things' looms, but is it secure?
Belkin's smart system is constantly evolving, with smart LED lightbulbs that will allow users to adust light levels using their phone, and a smart ... «CNBC.com, Jul 14»
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Bembry, freshman 'with the afro,' ready for Napier
“We've got a little bit of both because he's a really good player and he knows how to play the game, so it's easy to adust when you know where ... «Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Mar 14»

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