aridus

Etymology
From. Equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) dry, parched, withered, arid
 * Montes aridi sterilesque.
 * Parched and barren mountains.
 * 1)  dry, lean, meagre, shrivelled; withered (e.g. from disease)
 * Uvis aridior puella passis.
 * A damsel drier than the raisin'd grape.
 * 1)  uninspired, jejune, spiritless
 * 2)  avaricious, someone greedy or stingy (confer the tongue-in-cheek term )
 * 1)  uninspired, jejune, spiritless
 * 2)  avaricious, someone greedy or stingy (confer the tongue-in-cheek term )
 * 1)  avaricious, someone greedy or stingy (confer the tongue-in-cheek term )
 * 1)  avaricious, someone greedy or stingy (confer the tongue-in-cheek term )
 * 1)  avaricious, someone greedy or stingy (confer the tongue-in-cheek term )

Usage notes

 * Sometimes used of thirst; and
 * Of a fever meaning to "cause thirst"; used with and
 * Of color;.
 * Also used of cracking or snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken; and  both refer to a dry, grating, half-crackling sound, as in