Lexical Definition

‎αὐχμηρός‎ auchmērós (owkh-may-ros') dingy ^G:A
from (probably from a base akin to that of ‎ἀήρ‎) (dust, as dried by wind)

dark.

• properly, dirty, i.e. (by implication) obscure

Abbott-Smith

* αὐχμηρός, -ά, -όν (< αὐχμός, drought);
1. dry.
2. squalid, dismal: II Pe 1:19 (MM, s.v.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

αὐχμηρός, ά, όν,

dry, without rain, χειμών[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of places, dry, parched, τόποι[NT+5th c.BC+]

__b parching, νόσοι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 dry, rough, squalid, οὖδας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of hair (compare {αὐχμηροκόμης}), [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ρῶς, ἔχειν τοῦ προσώπου[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 miserable, [Refs 4th c.AD+] uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 2Pet.1.19}