aridity aridness
1Aridness — Ar id*ness, n. Aridity; dryness. [1913 Webster] …
2aridness — arid ► ADJECTIVE 1) very dry; having little or no rain. 2) uninteresting; unsatisfying. DERIVATIVES aridity noun aridly adverb aridness noun. ORIGIN Latin aridus, from arere be dry or parched …
3aridity — noun 1. the quality of yielding nothing of value (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fruitlessness, ↑barrenness • Ant: ↑fruitfulness (for: ↑fruitlessness) • …
4aridity — arid ► ADJECTIVE 1) very dry; having little or no rain. 2) uninteresting; unsatisfying. DERIVATIVES aridity noun aridly adverb aridness noun. ORIGIN Latin aridus, from arere be dry or parched …
5aridness — noun a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) • Syn: ↑aridity, ↑thirstiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑thirsty (for: ↑thirstiness), ↑arid, ↑arid …
6aridness — See aridity. * * * …
7aridity — n. 1. Dryness, aridness, parchedness, siccity, want of moisture, sterility, barrenness, unfertility. 2. Dryness, want of interest, dulness, pointlessness, jejuneness, unsuggestiveness, barrenness, infecundity, sterility. 3. Dulness, insensibility …
8aridness — n. See aridity …
9aridity — n 1. aridness, parchedness, extreme dryness, dehydration, evaporation, desiccation; torridity, torridness. 2. barrenness, unproductivity, unproductiveness, sterility, sterileness; infertility, infertileness, unfertili ty, unfruitfulness,… …
10thirstiness — noun 1. a physiological need to drink • Syn: ↑thirst • Derivationally related forms: ↑thirsty, ↑thirsty (for: ↑thirst), ↑thirst (for: ↑ …
