desiccated

[ des-i-key-tid ]

adjective

1. dehydrated or powdered:

   desiccated coconut.

desiccated

/ ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. dehydrated and powdered

   desiccated coconut

2. lacking in spirit or animation

Other Words From

• un·desic·cated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of desiccated¹

First recorded in 1670–80; desiccate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Remnants of desiccated hay crunched underfoot, and the sun-baked soil was fragmented with deep cracks.

From Los Angeles Times

In today’s desiccated media landscape, it’s hard to imagine that Long Beach once supported two daily newspapers — the afternoon Press-Telegram and the morning Independent.

From Los Angeles Times

His hands and feet became “desiccated, clenched and drying,” he told the Daily Telegraph.

From Seattle Times

Sent on a space walk to assess damage, Jo dislodges what appears to be the desiccated body of a woman in the suit of Russian cosmonaut, circa late 1960s, which shoots from her grasp.

From Los Angeles Times

Billions of mussels are rotting on the former reservoir’s desiccated lakebed.

From Science Magazine

Related Words

• arid
• bare
• barren
• dehydrated
• dusty
• parched
• stale
• torrid