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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOR'RID, a. [L. torridus, from torreo, to roast.]
1. Parched; dried with heat; as a torrid plain or desert.
2. Violently hot; burning or parching; as a torrid heat.
Torrid zone, in geography, that space or broad belt of the earth included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period every year, and where the heat is always great.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
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, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid]
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"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin torridus, from torr?re Date: 1545 1. a. parched with heat especially of the sun ; hot <torrid sands> b. giving off intense heat ; scorching 2. ardent, passionate <torrid love letters> • torridity noun • torridly adverb • torridness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 a (of the weather) very hot and dry. b (of land etc.) parched by such weather. 2 (of language or actions) emotionally charged; passionate, intense. Phrases and idioms: torrid zone the central belt of the earth between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Derivatives: torridity n. torridly adv. torridness n. Etymology: F torride or L torridus f. torrere parch

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Torrid weather is extremely hot and dry. (LITERARY) ...the torrid heat of a Spanish summer. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. A torrid relationship or incident involves very strong emotions connected with love and sex. She began a torrid love affair with a theatrical designer. = passionate ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. If someone or something has a torrid time, they experience a lot of difficulties. (BRIT JOURNALISM) Seles, the victim of a death threat earlier this week, has had a torrid time during the Championships... ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Dried, parched, scorched. 2. Burning, parching, scorching, violently hot, fiery.

Moby Thesaurus

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