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   Ar·id

   /ˈerəd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation: "hot and arid conditions" Similar drydried upwaterlessas dry as a bonemoisturelessparchedscorchedbakedthirstydehydrateddesiccatedbarrendesertwastedesolateinfertilenonfertileunfruitfulunproductiveuncultivatablesterilerare:infecunddroughtytorrefiedOpposite wetfertile
   • 2. lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning: "his arid years in suburbia" Similar drearydulldrabdrysterilebanalcolorlessmonochromeunstimulatinguninspiringflatboringuninterestingmonotonouslifelesstediousvapidjejunesoul-destroyingOpposite interestingvibrant

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from French aride or Latin aridus, from arere ‘be dry or parched’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. aridity noun
   • 2. aridly adverb
   • 3. aridness noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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