English → Latin
“adust” in Latin
exūrōto burn (up); to consume by fire; to kindleadūrōto kindle, set fire to; to singe, scorch, burnfragilisfragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable; weak, frail, flimsy, perishableagerfield; acre; land; estate; park; territory
The English word adust itself goes back to Latin ūrō, through adustus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adust
exustus (burned or dried up; e.g., ager): adustus (burned or scorched by the sun; hence embrowned, brown; adustus color): concipiendo igni aptus (inflammable): facilis ad exardescendum (easily ignited): sometimes fragilis (easily broken from being dry).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adust?
- The usual Latin words for “adust” are exūrō, adūrō, fragilis; also ager. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.