Exsiccation
/ˌɛks.sɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/noun
The process of drying out or the state of being dried out.
Did you know?Exsiccation comes from Latin exsiccāre, “to dry up,” built from ex- (“out”) + siccus (“dry”), and that same siccus root also gave English silt through Old English sealt and related Latin drying vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
exsiccāre
“to dry up, make dry”
Late Latin
Latin
exsiccātiō
“a drying up, desiccation”
Middle French
Old French
exsiccation
“drying out”
16th-17th Century
English
exsiccation
“the act or process of drying out”
Modern English
English
exsiccation
“the process of drying out or the state of being dried out”