aridity

UK: /əˈrɪdɪti/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ar•id /ˈærɪd/   adj. 

1. extremely dry:
   the arid desert.
2. lacking vitality; uninteresting:
   an arid imagination.

a•rid•i•ty /əˈrɪdɪti/  n. [uncountable]
ar•id•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ar•id  (ar′id), adj. 

1. being without moisture; extremely dry;
   parched:
   arid land; an arid climate.
2. barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture:
   arid farmland.
3. lacking interest or imaginativeness;
   sterile;
   jejune:
   an arid treatment of an exciting topic.

• Latin āridus, equivalent. to ār(ēre) to be dry + -idus -id⁴; compare ash¹
• French)
• (1645–55

a•rid•i•ty  (ə rid′i tē), ar′id•ness, n.  ar′id•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. See dry.
• 3.  tedious, dreary, vapid, uninspired, uninspiring.