arid: Meaning and Definition of
ar•id
Pronunciation: (ar'id), [key] — adj.
- being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture: arid farmland.
- lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune: an arid treatment of an exciting topic.
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