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exsiccant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
exs-ic-cant
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.

noun

A medicine that causes drying up.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more exsiccant (comparative) most exsiccant (superlative) exsiccants (plural)

Questions

What does exsiccant mean?
Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
Where does exsiccant come from?
From Latin exsiccans, present participle of exsiccare. See exsiccate.

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