arid
[ar-id]
adjective
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture: arid farmland.
lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune: an arid treatment of an exciting topic.
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Origin of arid
Synonym study
1. See dry.
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arid
adjective
Word Origin for arid
C17: from Latin āridus, from ārēre to be dry
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