adust

adjectives

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
"a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats"
adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked
burned brown by the sun
"of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott
adust
is similar to
marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
"a brunette beauty"
brunet, brunette
domain usage
the use of an archaic expression
archaicism, archaism