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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry:  torrid1
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  extremely and unpleasantly hot; scorching
Etymology:  Latin torrere 'to dry with heat'

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Main Entry:  torrid2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  intensely emotional; passionate
Etymology:  Latin torrere 'to dry with heat'

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
tor·rid       [tawr-id, tor-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.subject to parching or burning heat, esp. of the sun, as a geographical area: the torrid sands of the Sahara.
2.oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air.
3.ardent; passionate: a torrid love story.

[Origin: 1580–90; < L torridus dried up, parched, equiv. to torr(ére) to parch, burn (see torrent, thirst) + -idus -id4]

tor·rid·i·ty, tor·rid·ness, noun
tor·rid·ly, adverb

1. tropical. 2. scorching, fiery.
1. arctic. 2. frigid. 3. cool.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tor·rid       (tôr'ĭd, tŏr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   tor·rid·er, tor·rid·est
  1. Parched with the heat of the sun; intensely hot.
  2. Scorching; burning: the torrid noonday sun.
  3. Passionate; ardent: a torrid love scene.
  4. Hurried; rapid: set a torrid pace; torrid economic growth.


[Latin torridus, from torrēre, to parch; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

tor·rid'i·ty, tor'rid·ness n., tor'rid·ly adv.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
torrid 
1586, in torrid zone "region of the earth between the tropics," from L. torrida zona, from fem. of torridus "dried with heat, scorching hot," from torrere "to parch," from PIE base *ters- "to dry" (see terrain). Sense of "very hot" is first attested 1611.

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torrid

adjective
1. characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent
2. emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms" 
3. extremely hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" 

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
torrid       (tôr'ĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
Parched with the heat of the sun.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Torrid

Tor"rid\, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst.]

1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. "Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." --Milton.

2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton.

Torrid zone (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great.

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