combust

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: com=bust

CIDE DICTIONARY

combust, a. [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin; cf. bustum funeral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.].

•  Burnt; consumed.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
•  So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun.  [1913 Webster]

  "Planets that are oft combust."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

combust, v.tr. subject to combustion.

Etymology

obs. combust (adj.) f. L combustus past part. (as COMBUSTION)