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The land's way of saying it stopped returning your calls about water.
means The state of being extremely dry, with too little moisture or rainfall to support much life.
from From Latin aridus, dry or parched, rooted in arere, to be dry or burn — the same scorched ancestor behind ardent and arson.
Official thresholdDeserts get under 250mm of rain yearly.
Beyond weatherAlso means dullness, lack of imagination or feeling.
Atacama recordSome spots went centuries without measurable rain.