(adj) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; ; ; -C.J.Rolo, Syn. desiccated, desiccate, Example:a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata; a desiccate romance; a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
[かえるのめかりどき;かえるのめかるどき(かえるの目借時;蛙の目借時);かわずのめかりどき(蛙の目借時;蛙の目借り時), kaerunomekaridoki ; kaerunomekarudoki ( kaeruno me shaku toki ; kaeru no me shaku t] (exp) springtime mating of frogs (haiku term)