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Webster 1913 Edition


Exsiccant

Ex-sic′cant

,
Adj.
[L.
exsiccans
, p. pr. of
exsiccare
. See
Exsiccate
.]
Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
Noun.
(Med.)
An exsiccant medicine.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exsiccant

EXSIC'CANT

,
Adj.
[See Exsiccate.] Drying; evaporating moisture; having the quality of drying.

Definition 2024


exsiccant

exsiccant

English

Adjective

exsiccant (comparative more exsiccant, superlative most exsiccant)

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

Noun

exsiccant (plural exsiccants)

  1. A medicine that causes drying up.


Latin

Verb

exsiccant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of exsiccō