Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aridities"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aridity \A*rid"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Aridities}. [L. ariditas, fr.
aridus.]
1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture;
dryness.
2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness
of style or feeling; spiritual drought. --Norris.
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