torrid
adjUK /ˈtɒɹɪd/ · US /ˈtɔɹɪd/
Etymology From Latin torridus, from torreō (“parch, scorch”).
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:
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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:
- 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:
- Derived terms
- subtorrid, torridity, torridly, torridness, untorrid, torrid zone