Definition of Arid

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Definition of Arid
	Arid Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. Related Definitions: Barren, Dry, Exhausted, Heat, Moisture, Of, Parched, With

Arid Quotations

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
Kahlil Gibran

I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
Pamela Stephenson

Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.
Sofia Kovalevskaya

There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.
Gertrude Jekyll

I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.
William Scott

The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff.
Jonathan Katz

Arid Translations

arid in Italian is secco, asciutto
arid in Latin is exaresco
arid in Swedish is torr, ofruktbar

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