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So thoroughly dry it forgot water was ever an option.
means Having had all moisture removed, leaving something parched, shriveled, or preserved.
from From Latin desiccare, to dry up completely — de- (thoroughly) plus siccus (dry), the same root that gives us the wine term sec.
Coconut shelfDesiccated coconut lasts months because microbes need water too.
Beyond bodiesOften describes prose: dry, lifeless, and academically airless.
Wine cousinSiccus also birthed sec, meaning dry champagne.