yermic

Y4E1R1M3I1C3

adjective

Characteristic of a desert.

OriginSpanish yermo →
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Meanings

adjectiveyermic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablesoil scienceCharacteristic of a desert.

    The components of the desert pavement that is often found on top of the yermic horizon are too large for standard thin section studies and thus they are not discussed in this chapter.

    2010, Georges Stoops, Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths

Origin

  1. Spanishyermo“desert wasteland”
  2. Englishyermic

From Spanish yermo (“desert wasteland”) + -ic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

yermic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yermic

MLA

“yermic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yermic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yermic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yermic.

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