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
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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
