a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. arrīdēnt-em, pr. pple. of arrīdēre: see prec. and -ENT.] Smiling; pleasant, gratifying.
1616. T. Adams, Pract. Wks. (1861), I. 504. A pleasing murderer, that with arrident applauses tickles a man to death.
1630. R. H., in J. Taylor’s (Water P.), Wks. A v b/1. Thine Amphitritean Muse growes more arrident, and Phœbus Tripos stoopes to Neptunes trident.
