anhydrousadj.

/ænˈhaɪdrəs/

Etymology: mod. < Greek ἄνῡδρ-ος waterless ( < ἀν priv. + ὕδωρ water) + -ous suffix.

1. Chem. Having no water in its composition: said of salts, crystals, destitute of water of crystallization, etc. Cf. anhydride n.

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anhydrous1819

anhydric1880

1819 Pantologia (new ed.) (at cited word), Anhidrous Sulphate of Lime.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiv. 610 Reduce the substance to an anhydrous state.

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 281 The vapour of anhydrous (waterless) alcohol.

1875 J. W. Dawson Life's Dawn v. 108 An anhydrous silicate of lime and magnesia.

2. transf. Waterless, sapless, dried up.

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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > arid or without water or moisture

waterlessOE

unwateryc1000

unwateredc1440

moistureless1562

droughty1596

floodless1606

squalid1615

arid1652

siccaneous1656

anhydrous1872

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ix. 294 That exsiccated and almost anhydrous organism.

1874 E. Coues Birds of Northwest 405 The sterile and anhydrous region of the central desert.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	anhydrous
释义	anhydrousadj. /ænˈhaɪdrəs/ Etymology: mod. < Greek ἄνῡδρ-ος waterless ( < ἀν priv. + ὕδωρ water) + -ous suffix. 1. Chem. Having no water in its composition: said of salts, crystals, destitute of water of crystallization, etc. Cf. anhydride n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > named compounds > [adjective] > not containing water anhydrous1819 anhydric1880 1819 Pantologia (new ed.) (at cited word), Anhidrous Sulphate of Lime. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiv. 610 Reduce the substance to an anhydrous state. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 281 The vapour of anhydrous (waterless) alcohol. 1875 J. W. Dawson Life's Dawn v. 108 An anhydrous silicate of lime and magnesia. 2. transf. Waterless, sapless, dried up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > arid or without water or moisture waterlessOE unwateryc1000 unwateredc1440 moistureless1562 droughty1596 floodless1606 squalid1615 arid1652 siccaneous1656 anhydrous1872 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ix. 294 That exsiccated and almost anhydrous organism. 1874 E. Coues Birds of Northwest 405 The sterile and anhydrous region of the central desert. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.1819
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