deserticadj.
/dɪˈzəːtɪk/ Characteristic of a desert. Also figurative.
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barren1377
desert1393
bleaka1552
blunt1553
foodless1581
bleach1598
landless1606
desertuous1632
bald1642
bleaky1687
parsimonious1713
Saharan1849
deserty1891
Saharic1892
Saharian1897
desertic1936
scalded1936
1936 Nature 19 Dec. 1042/1 With development of desertic conditions in North Africa and Arabia bringing increasing settlement near rivers, some degree of isolation and a high degree of long-continued local intermarriage developed.
1956 W. Lewis Red Priest xxxiii. 286 There is nothing awaiting me but a hideous desertic existence.
1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation 406 Hamada.., an Arabic term used in the Sahara to describe a bare stony plain... It is a typical feature of the desertic climate.
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