desiccated
Americanadjective
adjective
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dehydrated and powdered
desiccated coconut
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lacking in spirit or animation
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of desiccated
Explanation
To be desiccated is to be dried out. If you like desiccated fruit, you like dried fruit — such as raisins or dried apricots. Something that's described with the adjective desiccated is extremely dry, or parched. During a drought, the ground becomes cracked and desiccated. Removing moisture and humidity from something is what makes it become desiccated. The Latin root, desiccatus, means "to make very dry."
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Example Sentences
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Desiccated soil lapped up the moisture, and streams quickened their pace.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2021
Desiccated husks of spring wildflowers — saxifrage, penstemon and daisy — crunched underfoot.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2013
Desiccated fingers are generally found to have the outer layer of skin intact and the ridge detail fairly clear.
From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)
Call your product say "Landers' Desiccated Beans" or "Glory's Dehydrated Corn."
From Three Acres and Liberty by Hall, Bolton
Along about 10.30, if he can connect with a Triangle of Desiccated Apple Pie and a Goblet of Milk, he is ready to sink back on the Husks, feeling simply Immense.
From People You Know by Ade, George
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