Lexic.us

Definition of Torrid

1. Adjective. Characterized by intense emotion. "A torrid love affair"

2. Adjective. Emotionally charged and vigorously energetic. "Hot trumpets and torrid rhythms"

3. Adjective. Extremely hot. "Sultry sands of the dessert"

Definition of Torrid

1. a. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.

Definition of Torrid

1. Adjective. Very hot and dry. ¹

2. Adjective. Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate. ¹

3. Adjective. Full of difficulty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Torrid

1. extremely hot [adj -RIDER, -RIDEST] : TORRIDLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Torrid

1. 1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. "Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." 2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. "Torrid heat. " Torrid zone, 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. Origin: L. Torridus, fr. Torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. Torride. See Thirst. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Torrid

torrefied torrefies torrefy torrefying torrent torrented torrential torrentially torrenting torrents

torrentuous torret torrets torreyite torricellian torrid zone torrider torridest torridities torridity

torridly torridness torridnesses torrified torrifies torrify torrifying torril torrils

Literary usage of Torrid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of America by William Robertson (1822)
"Between these torrid and frozen ... The portion of the earth whieh lies near the equator in the torrid zone, is rendered uninhabitable by heat." Lib. ii. p. ..."

2. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"The torrid zone experiences only two seasons, the one Tempera- dry, and the other ... The countries of the torrid zone where no vapours rise into the air, ..."

3. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1855)
"The torrid Zone impassable to the Right Whale, 553. 526. THERE is a movement of the waters of the ocean which, though it be a translation, ..."

4. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"As to the possibility of crossing the torrid zone, opinion was not unanimous. Greek explorers from Alexandria (cir. B. c. 100) seem to have gone far up ..."

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