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Siccity  n.  Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture. (Obs.) "The siccity and dryness of its flesh."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Siccity" Quotes from Famous Books



... me, O auspicious King, that the astronomer said, "Now tell me what four contraries are based upon other four contraries?" Replied she, "The four qualities of Caloric and Frigoric, Humidity and Siccity; for of heat Allah created fire, whose nature is hot-dry; of dryness, earth, which is cold-dry; of cold, water which is cold-wet; of moisture, air, which is hot-wet. Moreover, He created twelve Signs of the Zodiac, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton



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