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ar⋅id
[ar-id] 
ɪd
–adjective
| 1. | being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate. |
| 2. | barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture: arid farmland. |
| 3. | lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune: an arid treatment of an exciting topic. |
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| ar·id (ār'ĭd) adj.
[Latin āridus, from ārēre, to be dry; see as- in Indo-European roots.] a·rid'i·ty (ə-rĭd'ĭ-tē), ar'id·ness n. |
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Arid
Ar"id\, a. [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.] Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste." --Thomson.
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arid
1652, "dry, parched," from L. aridus, from arere "to be dry," from PIE base *as- "to burn, glow" (see ardent). Figurative sense of "uninteresting" is from 1827.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| arid (ār'ĭd) Pronunciation Key
Very dry, especially having less precipitation than is needed to support most trees or woody plants. Deserts have arid climates. |
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