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Webster 1913 Edition


Arid

Ar′id

,
Adj.
[L.
aridus
, fr.
arere
to be dry: cf. F.
aride
.]
Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
“An arid waste.”
Thomson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Arid

AR'ID

,
Adj.
[L. aridus, dry, from areo, to be dry.]
Dry; exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; as an arid waste.

Definition 2024


arid

arid

See also: àrid and árið

English

Adjective

arid (comparative arider or more arid, superlative aridest or most arid)

  1. Very dry.
  2. Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
  3. Devoid of value.

Quotations

  • 1956Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 37
    Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties.

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German

Adjective

arid (comparative arider, superlative am aridesten)

  1. arid

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