Siccative

causing or promoting absorption of moisture; drying.
a siccative substance, especially in paint.
Historical Examples

Hence, although the employment of lead as a siccative is not desirable, its effects are not so deleterious as might be imagined.
Field’s Chromatography George Field

In his researches, he discovered the use of linseed and nut oil, which he found most siccative.
Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Shearjashub Spooner

Sulphate of zinc, as a siccative, is less powerful than acetate of lead, but is far preferable in a chemical sense.
Field’s Chromatography George Field

noun
a substance added to a liquid to promote drying: used in paints and some medicines
adj.

1540s, from Late Latin siccativus “drying, siccative,” from Latin siccatus, past participle of siccare “to dry, make dry; dry up,” from siccus “dry, thirsty; without rain,” from PIE root *seikw- “to flow out” (cf. Avestan hiku- “dry,” Greek iskhnos “dry, withered,” Lithuanian seklus “shallow,” Middle Irish sesc “dry,” Sanskrit sincati “makes dry”). The noun is first recorded 1825.

siccative sic·ca·tive (sĭk’ə-tĭv)
n.
A substance added to some medicines to promote drying; a drier.

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