aridity

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the quality of yielding nothing of value
noun a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)

Borrowed from Latin āriditās (“dryness”); equivalent to arid + -ity.

The aridity ... ” Rose said nothing. — The Enchanted April, Elizabeth Von Arnim
Yet, notwithstanding the general aridity of its appearance, the country itself was not unfruitful. — Tancred; Or, The New Crusade, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli
That common thinness and aridity, too, of the Unitarian temper had weighed with him. — Robert Elsmere, Humphry, Mrs. Ward

fruitlessness, barrenness

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