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Definition of Aridness
1. Noun. A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall).
Generic synonyms: Dryness, Waterlessness, Xerotes
Derivative terms: Arid, Arid, Thirsty
Definition of Aridness
1. n. Aridity; dryness.
Definition of Aridness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being arid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aridness
1. aridity [n -ES] - See also: aridity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aridness
Literary usage of Aridness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"aridness, «. See ARIDITY. Aright, ad. Rightly, without error or mistake. Ariose, a.
Melodious, of a melodious character harmony). Arise, vn I. Ascend, ..."
2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1860)
"... but with the stream, the fountain also had dried, and she was conscious that
an aridness, unpleasant and unnatural, threatened to desolate her soul, ..."
3. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"... and moulder away with weather, nor vegetables fade and die by the currency of
their season, and the aridness of their root, the decay of whose ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"... groves of the natives, the fruit from which, together with milk, forms the
chief means of subsistence. Notwithstanding the aridness of the country, ..."
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