exsiccate

verb /ˈɛksɪkeɪt/

1. To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.

   transitive

   The guinea hen, so nearly exsiccated a few days earlier, dangles limp once again, as wet as if it had been freshly slaughtered.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin exsicco, exsiccatus, from ex- + siccus (“dry”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry exsiccate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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