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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ar-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˈær ɪd



Definition of aridity

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Middle French aridité or directly from Latin ariditatem (nominative ariditas) "dryness," from aridus (see arid). The Latin word was used figuratively of unadorned styles as well as stingy men.
  • As in poverty : noun want; extreme need, often financial
  • As in thirst : noun craving (especially for liquid)
  • As in barrenness : noun desolateness
  • As in dullness : noun quality of being boring
  • As in meagerness : noun lack
  • As in fruitlessness : noun futility
  • As in impecuniosity : noun poverty
  • As in impecuniousness : noun poverty
  • As in impoverishment : noun poverty
  • As in innocuousness : noun insipidity
  • As in insipidity : noun dullness
  • As in insipidness : noun insipidity
  • As in jejuneness : noun dullness
  • As in lifelessness : noun dullness
  • As in neediness : noun poverty
  • As in pennilessness : noun poverty
  • As in penuriousness : noun poverty
  • As in climate : noun weather of region
  • As in sterileness : noun dullness
  • As in stodginess : noun dullness
  • As in vapidity : noun dullness
  • As in vapidness : noun dullness
  • As in drought : noun dryness; shortage of supply
Example sentences :
  • We had an uncomfortable experience because of the excessive heat and aridity.
  • Extract from : « A Canyon Voyage » by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
  • That common thinness and aridity, too, of the Unitarian temper had weighed with him.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • There is aridity, there is wildness, and yet there is a certain monotony.
  • Extract from : « The Sea » by Jules Michelet
  • It is aridity, too, that gives their particular character to the Argentine Andes.
  • Extract from : « The Argentine Republic » by Pierre Denis
  • That great craving for cold and wet is a sign of the heat and aridity that is within.
  • Extract from : « Monsieur de Pourceaugnac » by Molire
  • But usually it is merely the problem of aridity; which is only a challenge to enterprise.
  • Extract from : « The Challenge of the Country » by George Walter Fiske
  • He might have learnt from his own experience the aridity of a life which is barren of love.
  • Extract from : « Robert Browning » by Edward Dowden
  • The aridity of the hills of Sérignan is unfavourable to them.
  • Extract from : « Social Life in the Insect World » by J. H. Fabre
  • That common thinness and aridity too of the Unitarian temper had weighed with him.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Except for its aridity, the climate is kind to the small farmer: there is no long inactivity forced upon him by a cold winter.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various

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