torrid
pronunciation
How to pronounce torrid in British English:
UK [ˈtɒrɪd]
How to pronounce torrid in American English:
US [ˈtɔrɪd]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by intense emotion
- emotionally charged and vigorously energetic
- burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
Word Origin
- torrid (adj.)
- 1580s, in torrid zone "region of the earth between the tropics," from Medieval Latin torrida zona, from fem. of torridus "dried with heat, scorching hot," from torrere "to parch," from PIE root *ters- "to dry" (see terrain). Sense of "very hot" is first attested 1610s. Figurative sense from 1630s.
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Example
- 1. A torrid summer brook is peaceful capture crab .
- 2. Sitting on the tremendous rocks in the torrid sun , roger received this news as an illumination .
- 3. Fall under the influence of this torrid tropical tempo .
- 4. But mr cameron 's pre-emptive coolness could not save him from several torrid moments .
- 5. It was a torrid summer day .