About The Word Torrid
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Torrid
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What's The Definition Of Torrid?
[adj] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert"
[adj] emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms" [adj] characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" Synonyms | Synonyms for Torrid: ardent | burning(a) | fervent | fervid | fiery | hot | impassioned | passionate | perfervid | sultry Related Terms | Find terms related to Torrid: See Also | Torrid In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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