DESICCATED

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


Verb

desiccated

simple past tense and past participle of desiccate

Adjective

desiccated (comparative more desiccated, superlative most desiccated)

dried

Source: Wiktionary


DESICCATE

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



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