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torrid

adj
/ˈtɒɹɪd/UK/ˈtɔɹɪd/US/ˈtɑɹɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti Proto-Italic *torzeō Latin torreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin torridus English torrid From Latin torridus, from torreō (“parch, scorch”).

  1. derived from *-iðos Latin -idus Latin torridus English torrid From Latin torridus✻
  2. derived from *ters- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti Proto-Italic *torzeō Latin torreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der✻

Definitions

  1. Very hot and dry.

  2. Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love

    Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.

    • a torrid love scene in a film or novel
    • It was left to the famed Greek philosopher, Plato, writing some two hundred years later, to bring out the torrid details of these kinky islanders.

  3. Full of difficulty.

    • Tomás O'Leary had a torrid time behind the forwards, fumbling on the floor, hesitant with his kicks.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. [of a streak, form, etc.] Good

      [of a streak, form, etc.] Good; impressive; hot.

      • But thanks to a torrid stretch that started in mid-June, the Yankees have regained first place in the A.L. East and built the largest division lead — nine games ahead of the second-place Tampa Bay Rays — in the league.

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Derived

torridly, torridness

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