— aridity /euh rid"i tee/ , aridness , n. — aridly , adv.
/ar"id/ , adj.
1. being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
2. barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture: arid farmland.
3. lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune: an arid treatment of an exciting topic.
[ 1645-55; ( aridus, equiv. to ar ( ere ) to be dry + -idus -ID 4 ; cf. ASH 1 ]
Syn. 1. See dry. 3. tedious, dreary, vapid, uninspired, uninspiring.