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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARIDITY, ARIDNESS

n. 1. Dryness; a state of being without moisture.
2. A dry state of the body; emaciation; the withering of a limb.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARIDITY

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.