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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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Aridity
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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aridity
1590s, from Fr. aridité, from L. ariditas "dryness," from aridus (see arid).
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