torrid.
Very hot and dry.
Meaning & usage
Very hot and dry.
Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.
a torrid love scene in a film or novel
Full of difficulty.
[of a streak, form, etc.] Good; impressive; hot.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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