'Desiccated' definitions:

Definition of 'desiccated'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" [syn: desiccated, dried-out]
adjective
Preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat" [syn: dried, dehydrated, 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 [syn: arid, desiccate, desiccated]

Definition of 'Desiccated'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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