单词 | siccaneous |
释义 | siccaneousadj. rare. Dry, arid. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1656 |
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