Read full poem →Abhorring life! how hate its length'ned chain!
From air adust what num'rous ills would rise?
What dire contagion taint the burning skies?
Dictionary Entry
(usually postpositive, of a bodily humour) Abnormally dark or over-concentrated; associated with various states of discomfort or illness (specifically being too hot or dry).
Origin
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Common Phrases
complexion adust. adustmelancholy adusttemperament adusthumours adustcreatures adustadust melancholyadust choler
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Poetry examples for “adust”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.