siccité

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin siccitātem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sik.si.te/

Noun

siccité f (plural siccités)

  1. dryness
    Synonym: sécheresse
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      — Nous avons eu d'abord un sentiment de siccité au pharynx, puis des douleurs intolérables à l'épigastre, superpurgation, coma.
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