<adj.all> a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata a desiccate romance a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
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.