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arid

UK/ˈæɹɪd/ US/ˈaɹɪd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

lacking sufficient water or rainfall

  • “an arid climate”
  • “a waterless well”
  • “miles of waterless country to cross”
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2.

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

  • “a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata”
  • “a desiccate romance”
  • “a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery” C.J.Rolo
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Origin

From French aride or directly from Latin āridus (“dry, arid, parched”), compare its synonymous contracted form ardus.

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