arid, desiccate, desiccated
(adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; “a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata”; “a desiccate romance”; “a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery”-C.J.Rolo
dried, dehydrated, desiccated
(adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture; “dried beef”; “dried fruit”; “dehydrated eggs”; “shredded and desiccated coconut meat”
desiccated, dried-out
(adjective) thoroughly dried out; “old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars”; “dried-out boards beginning to split”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
desiccated
simple past tense and past participle of desiccate
desiccated (comparative more desiccated, superlative most desiccated)
dried
Source: Wiktionary
Des"ic*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiccated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiccating.] Etym: [L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See Sack wine.]
Definition: To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon.
Des"ic*cate, v. i.
Definition: To become dry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 March 2025
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
