siˈccaneous,a.rare. [f. L. siccāneus (Columella), f.siccus dry.] Dry, arid. 1656Blount Glossogr., Siccaneous, dry of nature, that hath no Rivers or Springs to water it.1821R. Pollok in Life 77 Some of our addle-headed modern critics have certainly dug the sentiment from the siccaneous heaps of ancient criticism.