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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arid \Ar"id\, a. [L. aridus fr arere to be dry: cf F. aride.] Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. ``An arid waste.'' --Thomson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arid adj 1: lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well "miles of waterless country to cross" [syn: {waterless}] 2: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata";l "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: {desiccate}, {desiccated}]
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