desertic, a.
(dɪˈzɜːtɪk)
[f. desert n.2 + -ic.]
Characteristic of a desert. Also fig.
| 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 Wyndham Lewis Red Priest xxxiii. 286 There is nothing awaiting me but a hideous desertic existence. 1963 D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's 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. |