from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
desiccated
adj 1: thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban
cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" [syn:
{desiccated}, {dried-out}]
2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried
fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut
meat" [syn: {dried}, {dehydrated}, {desiccated}]
3: 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 [syn: {arid}, {desiccate},
{desiccated}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus,
p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
dry. See {Sack} wine.]
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
[1913 Webster]
Bodies desiccated by heat or age. --Bacon.
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