Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Xeric

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Xeric: adjective – in ecology - characterized by dry conditions.
Sometimes a word appealsfor reasons that have nothing to do with its meaning. Xeric was one of thosewords for me. I find the sound almost onomatopoeic, how about you?
'Deserts, as opposed todesserts, tend to be xeric in nature. A xeric dessert would probably be lessthan appetising, but a xeric desert is, well, it's actually a redundancy, a bitlike referring to a wet lake.'
27 October 1811 Theinventor, Isaac Singer, was born. He later founded the Singer Sewing MachineCompany, much to the delight and despair of many women, some released frommanual toil and others reduced to the sweatshops of clothing entrepreneurs