arid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking sufficient water or rainfall

   An arid climate.

Common collocations

• arid climate Adjective + noun

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”).

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