aridity

ar·id  (rd)

adj.

1. Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants: an arid climate.

2. Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull: a technically perfect but arid musical performance.

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[Latin ridus, from rre, to be dry; see as- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·ridi·ty (-rd-t), arid·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aridity - the quality of yielding nothing of value barrenness, fruitlessness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare poorness - less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland" unproductiveness - the quality of lacking the power to produce
	2.	aridity - a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) aridness, thirstiness dryness, waterlessness, xerotes - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)

Translations

aridity [əˈrɪdɪtɪ] N (lit, fig) → aridez f

aridity [əˈrɪdɪti] n → aridité f

aridity

n (of countryside, soil) → Dürre f; (of climate) → Trockenheit f, → Aridität f (spec); (fig: of subject) → Trockenheit f, → Nüchternheit f; (of existence) → Freudlosigkeit f, → Öde f

aridity [əˈrɪdɪtɪ] n → aridità