siccative
[sik-uh-tiv]
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adjective
causing or promoting absorption of moisture; drying.
noun
a siccative substance, especially in paint.
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Origin of siccative
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In his researches, he discovered the use of linseed and nut oil, which he found most siccative.
Sulphate of zinc, as a siccative, is less powerful than acetate of lead, but is far preferable in a chemical sense.
Field's Chromatography|George FieldHence, although the employment of lead as a siccative is not desirable, its effects are not so deleterious as might be imagined.
Field's Chromatography|George Field
siccative
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Word Origin for siccative
C16: from Late Latin siccātīvus, from Latin siccāre to dry up, from siccus dry
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siccative
1540s, from Late Latin siccativus "drying, siccative," from Latin siccatus, past participle of siccare "to dry, make dry; dry up," from siccus "dry, thirsty; without rain," from PIE root *seikw- "to flow out" (cf. Avestan hiku- "dry," Greek iskhnos "dry, withered," Lithuanian seklus "shallow," Middle Irish sesc "dry," Sanskrit sincati "makes dry"). The noun is first recorded 1825.
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siccative
[sĭk′ə-tĭv]
n.
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