Arid has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
"an arid climate"
"a waterless well"
"miles of waterless country to cross"
2
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"
"a desiccate romance"
"a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"
3
Very dry.
"The arid desert landscape stretched endlessly under the scorching sun, where not a single drop of rain had fallen in years."
Example Sentences
"an arid climate"
adjective
"a waterless well"
adjective
"miles of waterless country to cross"
adjective
"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"
adjective
"a desiccate romance"
adjective
"a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"
adjective
Related Terms
Origin
The word comes from the Latin āridus, meaning "dry" or "parched." It is related to the Latin verbs for being dry and burning.