arid

Meaning

Adjective

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

Origin

  • From French aride or directly from Latin āridus ("dry, arid, parched"), confer its synonymous contracted form ardus. Originally from the verb āreo, akin to ārdeō.

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