Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arid
adj 1: lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a
waterless well; "miles of waterless country to cross"
[syn: {waterless}]
2: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect
but arid performance of the sonata";l "a desiccate
romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles
into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: {desiccate},
{desiccated}]
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