Thursday 24th March 2016
Desiccate \ [des-i-keyt]
verb (used with object), desiccated, desiccating.
1. to dry thoroughly; dry up.
2. to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.
verb (used without object), desiccated, desiccating.
3. to become thoroughly dried or dried up.
Quote
There are things that wait for us, patiently, in the dark corridors of our lives. We think we have moved on, put them out of mind, left them to desiccate and shrivel and blow away; but we are wrong.
There are things that wait for us, patiently, in the dark corridors of our lives. We think we have moved on, put them out of mind, left them to desiccate and shrivel and blow away; but we are wrong.
Neil Gaiman, "Introduction," Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015
Origin
Desiccate stems from the Latin word siccus meaning "dry." It entered English in the mid-1500’s.
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