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dessicated

dessicated is the misspelling of desiccated.

Meaning of desiccated

Adjective

desiccated (comparative more desiccated, superlative most desiccated)

  1. dried
    • The Learned have Diſtinguiſh’d fire into three Species, 1. Light, that is fire in its proper matter, 2. Flame, that is fire is moiſt Air, 3. Cole, that is fire in a burnt Stick or other Deſiccated matter[…]1691, John Dunton, editor, The Athenian Mercury, volume II, number 23

Questions about dessicated

What is dessicated the misspelling of?
Dessicated is the misspelling of desiccated.

Words near dessicated in the dictionary

  1. dessiatines
  2. dessiatins
  3. dessiatiny
  4. dessicant
  5. dessicate
  6. dessicated
  7. dessication
  8. dessicator
  9. dessiccator
  10. dessin
  11. dessin d'enfant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dessicated (page history and authors); desiccated (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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