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#6372 09/13/00 11:32 AM
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ie, what would be the 'undesiccated' version of 'desiccation'?
There needs to be a word there in the first place that can be 'dried' by changing it to another word.

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>the 'undesiccated' version of 'desiccation'<
Hi Bridget,
I see what you mean, here. But the prefix "de" doesn't always convey a privative function as e.g. in depreciation or degradation. If you take deflagration or deambulation (and many others, straight from Latin), the prefix rather implies a prolonged, exhaustive or repetitive action, and this is the case with desiccation. I felt concerned because in chemistry we do quite a lot of desiccation.

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what would be the 'undesiccated' version of 'desiccation'?

How 'bout hydration or hydrated, Sweetie?



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hydrogen and oxygen = dried water


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[A prune is a dried plum and not a dried anything else. The word has 'dried' and 'plum' inextricably tied up in its meaning.

That was how I read the question, also. I took it to be asking for a noun that uniquely applied to something which is in a dessicated state. How about "desert"?


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>How 'bout hydration or hydrated, Sweetie?<
This belongs to the first category. Dehydrated is "de-prived of water". Now that you say sweetie - what about biscuit?







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>Does 'pot pourri' count? ..seem to fit the thread.<
'Pot pourri' fits well nigh any of our threads here . (the expression lost any connection with pourri = 'rotten'.)







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<desiccated coconut = dried coconut. Does that count? :0)>

- it was a joke, sorry if anyone took it seriously!!!!!!



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>it was a joke, sorry if anyone took it seriously

Does anyone take anything seriously here?????


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Does anyone take anything seriously here?????

I seriously hope so .






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