desiccated

[des-i-key-tid]

adjective

1. dehydrated or powdered.

   desiccated coconut.

desiccated

/ ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. dehydrated and powdered

   desiccated coconut

2. lacking in spirit or animation

Other Word Forms

• undesiccated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of desiccated¹

First recorded in 1670–80; desiccate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Oregon’s Lake Abert has repeatedly dried up, and biologists have found that when it’s desiccated, more phalaropes fly farther south to Mono Lake.

From Los Angeles Times

Prof Rein's research finds that, after ten consecutive days of very dry weather, vegetation becomes so desiccated across wide areas that the likelihood of multiple fires igniting simultaneously rises sharply.

From BBC

Owens Lake was left desiccated after Los Angeles began tapping the eastern Sierra watershed for its own needs more than a century ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Extreme heat in the summer and fall desiccated shrubs and grasses on hillsides, they said, enabling those fuels to burn more intensely once ignited.

From Los Angeles Times

For others, they’ll begin the expensive and isolating work of reestablishing in a desiccated community.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• arid 
• bare 
• barren 
• dehydrated www.thesaurus.com
• dusty 
• parched 
• stale 
• torrid