Ar·id a. Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. “An arid waste.”
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arid
adj 1: lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a
waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"
[syn: waterless]
2: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect
but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate
romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles
into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: desiccate,
desiccated]