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Webster 1913 Edition
Aridity
A-rid′i-ty
,Noun.
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.