Dictionary

torrid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɑɹɪd/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɔɹɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˈtɒɹɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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”).

Meanings

1. Very hot and dry.
2. 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. 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 36:
3. (UK) Full of difficulty.
   • Tomás O'Leary had a torrid time behind the forwards, fumbling on the floor, hesitant with his kicks. 2010 January 24, Eddie Butler, “"Rugby must beware leaping from the lenient to draconian over gouging"”, in The Guardian:
4. (US) [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. 2019 July 22, James Wagner, “Yankees Face Another A.L. Powerhouse in the Twins”, in The New York Times, page B11:

Forms

Deriveds

torrid zone (Compound words and expressions) · torridity · torridly · torridness · untorrid · subtorrid

Relateds

toast · torrent

Translations (31)

hu tűző (very hot and dry) · hu perzselő (full of intense emotions...) · fi intohimoinen (full of intense emotions...) · ka პაპანაქება (very hot and dry) · pt tórrido (very hot and dry) · bg горещ (full of intense emotions...) · fi polttava (very hot and dry) · tl maalingiing (very hot and dry) · eo varmega (very hot and dry) · hu perzselő (very hot and dry) · fi kiihkeä (full of intense emotions...) · ru пы́лкий (full of intense emotions...) · pt tórrido (full of intense emotions...) · ru паля́щий (very hot and dry) · es tórrido (full of intense emotions...) · it torrido (very hot and dry) · la torridus (very hot and dry) · cy crasboeth (very hot and dry) · fi paahtava (very hot and dry) · ru горя́чий (full of intense emotions...) · fi palava (full of intense emotions...) · es tórrido (very hot and dry) · mi tūmārōhoehoe (very hot and dry) · bg жарък (very hot and dry) · fr torride (very hot and dry) · fr torride (full of intense emotions...) · ca tòrrid (very hot and dry) · hu forró (full of intense emotions...) · ru стра́стный (full of intense emotions...) · el αισθησιακός (full of intense emotions...) · fi tulinen (very hot and dry)