aridus.
dry, parched, withered, arid
Meaning & usage
dry, parched, withered, arid
Montes aridi sterilesque.
Arida ligna.
dry, lean, meagre, shrivelled; withered (e.g. from disease)
Vita horrida atque arida.
uninspired, jejune, spiritless
Aridi magistri.
Sicci omnino atque aridi pueri.
avaricious, someone greedy or stingy (confer the tongue-in-cheek term Argentiexterebronides (“the name of one who is skilled in extorting money; a sponger”))
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-eh₁yeti Proto-Italic *āzēō Latin āreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin āridus From āreō (“to be dry; to be parched”) + -idus.
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