exsiccation

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Definition of exsiccation

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noun

(archaic, countable, uncountable)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.”
“This property is […] more specific than that of hardening in the air; which may be reckoned a kind of exsiccation, like the drying of clay into bricks.”

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Borrowed from Late Latin exsiccatio, exsiccationis, from Latin exsicco: compare French exsiccation.

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