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aridity

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arid /ˈarɪd/

▶adjective

1 (of land or a climate) very dry; having little or no rain.

2 uninteresting: arid verse.

– derivatives
aridity noun,
aridly adverb,
aridness noun.

– origin C17: from Fr. aride or L. aridus, from arere ‘be dry or parched’.

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