arid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: arid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for arid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arid adj lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross" Synonym(s): arid, waterless 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"-C.J.Rolo Synonym(s): arid, desiccate, desiccated
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. [bd]An arid waste.[b8] --Thomson.