arid

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈæɹ.ɪd/ UK /ˈæɹ.ɪd/ See IPA manual

Freq #29118

Meanings

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adj
lacking sufficient water or rainfall

An arid climate.

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Synonyms

1 adj · lacking sufficient water or... waterless

More dry droughty

Opposites

dank moist irriguous madid moisty plashy soggy dampish muggy

Word family

Forms Aridlyaridity

Derived forms aridicaridificationaridifyaridisolaridlandaridlyaridnessaridoamericaaridzonahyperaridnonaridsubarid

Related forms aridity

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Phrases (1)

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arid climate
weather conditions characterized by very little rainfall or available moisture

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From French aride or directly from Latin āridus (“dry, arid, parched”), compare its synonymous contracted form ardus. Originally from the verb āreo (“to be dry, to be parched”), akin to ārdeō (“to be on fire, to burn”).

*h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European aride French āridus Latin

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