arid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite lacking sufficient water or rainfall
    waterless.
    • an arid climate
    • a waterless well
    • miles of waterless country to cross
  2. adjective satellite lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
    desiccate; desiccated.
    • 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

WordNet

Ar"id adjective
Etymology
L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.
Definitions
  1. Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste." Thomson.

Webster 1913