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

Many of the lemon trees remain, as if untouched; others were wiped out completely, the hills where they stood blackened and desiccated.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Related Words

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