Dictionaryar•idPronunciation: (ar'id), [key] —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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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