Adust
/əˈdʌst/noun
Scorched, burned, or blackened by heat.
Did you know?In medieval and Renaissance medicine, “adust” could describe bodily fluids supposedly scorched by excessive heat, especially within theories of black bile and melancholy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*eus-
“To burn or kindle; a reconstructed Indo-European root connected with burning.”
Classical Latin
Latin
ūrere
“To burn, scorch, or consume with fire.”
Classical Latin
Latin
adūrere
“To burn or scorch, literally conveying the sense of burning intensely or completely.”
Classical Latin
Latin
adustus
“Burned, scorched, or parched; the past participle of adūrere.”
14th Century
Middle English
adust
“Scorched or burned; later also used in medical writing for bodily matter believed to be overheated.”
Modern English
English
adust
“Burned, scorched, or blackened by heat.”
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