Topic: METEOROLOGY
| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | aride, from Latin aridus |
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ar‧id

1 arid land or an arid climate is very dry because it has very little rain :
2 not having any new, interesting, or exciting features or qualities :
My mind was arid, all inspiration gone.
My mind was arid, all inspiration gone. —aridity
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