English Explanatory Dictionary

exsiccant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
noun
  1. A medicine that causes drying up.

Word forms

exsiccant more exsiccant most exsiccant exsiccants

Etymology

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

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