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exiccation

exiccation is the obsolete form of exsiccation.

Meaning of exsiccation

Noun

exsiccation (countable and uncountable, plural exsiccations)

  1. (archaic) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
    • That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edward Dod OCLC 216753971

Questions about exiccation

What is exiccation the obsolete form of?
Exiccation is the obsolete form of exsiccation.

Words near exiccation in the dictionary

  1. exicators
  2. exiccate
  3. exiccated
  4. exiccates
  5. exiccating
  6. exiccation
  7. exicosis
  8. exictosomes
  9. exidiaceous
  10. exie-osies
  11. exies

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