ARIDITY

fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness

(noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value

aridity, aridness, thirstiness

(noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aridity (countable and uncountable, plural aridities)

A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.

Source: Wiktionary


A*rid"i*ty, n.; pl. Aridities. Etym: [L. ariditas, fr. aridus.]

1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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