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exsiccant

adj

Etymology

From Latin exsiccans, present participle of exsiccare. See exsiccate.

  1. derived from exsiccans

Definitions

  1. Having the quality of drying up

    Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.

  2. A medicine that causes drying up.

    • Dried alum is used solely as an exsiccant and mild caustic

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for exsiccant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA