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单词 siccaneous
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siccaneousadj.

Etymology: < Latin siccāneus (Columella), < siccus dry.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: siˈccaneous.
rare.
Dry, arid.
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > arid or without water or moisture
waterlessOE
unwateryc1000
unwateredc1440
moistureless1562
droughty1596
floodless1606
squalid1615
arid1652
siccaneous1656
anhydrous1872
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Siccaneous, dry of nature, that hath no Rivers or Springs to water it.
1821 R. Pollok in Life 77 Some of our addle-headed modern critics have certainly dug the sentiment from the siccaneous heaps of ancient criticism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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