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TORRID
torrid
(adjective) extremely hot and dry; “the torrid heat of the noonday sun”
torrid
(adjective) emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; “a torrid dance”; “torrid jazz bands”; “hot trumpets and torrid rhythms”
ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
torrid (comparative torrider, superlative torridest)
Very hot and dry.
Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.
Full of difficulty.
Source: Wiktionary
Tor"rid, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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