"old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars""dried-out boards beginning to split"
2. preserved by removing natural moisture;
"dried beef""dried fruit""dehydrated eggs""shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
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