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Definitions for Aridity

[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.
[4] having little or no rain; dry; parched with heat
[5] devoid of interest

Words related to Aridity

aridbankruptcy, debt, hardship, lack, famine, difficulty, scarcity, shortage, starvation, deficit, desire, longing, eagerness, hankering, hunger, lust, yearning, passion, appetite, insolvency

Words nearby Aridity

aridarias sánchez, arias-stella phenomenon, arias-stella reaction, ariboflavinosis, arica, arid, arid zone, aridification, aridisol, aridity index, ariel

Origin of Aridity

1645–55; (< F) < Latin āridus, equivalent to ār(ēre ) to be dry + -idus -id4; cf. ash1

Other words from Aridity

a·rid·i·ty [uh -rid -i-tee] /əˈrɪd ɪ ti/ , ar·id·ness , noun
ar·id·ly , adverb
hy·per·ar·id , adjective

Word origin for Aridity

C17: from Latin āridus, from ārēre to be dry

Synonyms for Aridity

bankruptcy, debt, deficit, difficulty, famine, hardship, lack, scarcity, shortage, starvation, underdevelopment, abjection, barrenness, beggary, dearth, deficiency, depletion, destitution, distress, emptiness, exiguity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, inadequacy, indigence, insolvency, insufficiency, meagerness, necessity, pass, paucity, pauperism, pennilessness, penury, pinch, poorness, privation, reduction, straits, vacancy, necessitousness