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desiccated

adjective

des·​ic·​cat·​ed ˈde-si-ˌkā-təd How to pronounce desiccated (audio)
1
: dried up
a desiccated landscape
: preserved by drying
a cup of desiccated coconut
… all around were barrels of dried apples and apricots, shriveled and desiccated Margaret Laurence
… when visitors come to the lab he likes to show them his collection of curiosities, which includes a desiccated octopus. Elizabeth Kolbert
2
: drained of emotional or intellectual vigor or vitality
Singer's utilitarianism is so dry and desiccated that it drains the drama from philosophy. George F. Will

Word History

First Known Use

1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of desiccated was in 1670

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