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tor⋅rid

  [tawr-id, tor-]
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–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(ēre) to parch, burn (see torrent, thirst ) + -idus -id 4

Related forms:
tor⋅rid⋅i⋅ty, tor⋅rid⋅ness, noun
tor⋅rid⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. tropical. 2. scorching, fiery.

Antonyms:
1. arctic. 2. frigid. 3. cool.
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tor·rid   (tôr'ĭd, tŏr'-)   
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.
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Main Entry:  torrid1
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  extremely and unpleasantly hot; scorching
Etymology:  Latin torrere 'to dry with heat'
Main Entry:  torrid2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  intensely emotional; passionate
Etymology:  Latin torrere 'to dry with heat'
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Language Translation for : torrid
Spanish: tórrido,
German: heiß,
Japanese: 焼けつくような
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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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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   (tôr'ĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
Parched with the heat of the sun.
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