desiccated
    adj 1: thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban
           cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" [syn:
           desiccated, dried-out]
    2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried
       fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut
       meat" [syn: dried, dehydrated, desiccated]
    3: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect
       but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance";
       "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of
       desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: arid, desiccate,
       desiccated]

Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Desiccated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiccating.] [L. desiccatus,
   p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
   dry. See Sack wine.]
   To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
   drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
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         Bodies desiccated by heat or age.        --Bacon.
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