adj. 1 a (of ground, climate, etc.) dry, parched. b too dry to support vegetation; barren. 2 uninteresting (arid verse). aridity n. aridly adv. aridness n.
[ F aride or L aridus f. arere be dry ]
ARID
Meaning of ARID in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012