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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' |
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tor·rid 
[tawr-id, tor-] Pronunciation Key
[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. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| tor·rid
(tôr'ĭd, tŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj. tor·rid·er, tor·rid·est
[Latin torridus, from torrēre, to parch; see ters- in Indo-European roots.] tor·rid'i·ty, tor'rid·ness n., tor'rid·ly adv. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
torrid
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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" |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| torrid
(tôr'ĭd) Pronunciation Key
Parched with the heat of the sun.
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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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