Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aridity"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aridity
n 1: a condition yielding nothing of value [syn: {fruitlessness},
{barrenness}] [ant: {fruitfulness}]
2: a permanent absence of rainfall [syn: {aridness}]
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