torrid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by intense emotion
    impassioned; perfervid; fervid; fiery; ardent; fervent.
    • ardent love
    • an ardent lover
    • a fervent desire to change society
    • a fervent admirer
    • fiery oratory
    • an impassioned appeal
    • a torrid love affair
  2. adjective satellite emotionally charged and vigorously energetic
    • a torrid dance
    • torrid jazz bands
    • hot trumpets and torrid rhythms
  3. adjective satellite extremely hot
    • the torrid noonday sun
    • sultry sands of the dessert

WordNet

Tor"rid adjective
Etymology
L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913