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aridity

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[uh-rid-i-tee] / əˈrɪd ɪ ti /
Also aridness

noun

  1. the state or quality of being extremely dry.

    Many plant and animal adaptations to withstand the intense aridity of the desert are quite bizarre.

  2. the quality of lacking interest, liveliness, or imaginativeness; sterility.

    His writing style is excellent, avoiding the technical aridity of most professional science publications.

Etymology

Origin of aridity

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin āriditāt-, stem of āriditās, equivalent to ārid(us) “dry” ( arid ( def. ) ) + -itās -ity ( def. )

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