torrid

English

Etymology

From Latin torridus, from torreō (“parch, scorch”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒɹɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɹɪd/
• (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪd

Adjective

torrid (comparative torrider, superlative torridest)

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

3. (chiefly British) Full of difficulty.
   • 2010 January 24, Eddie Butler, “"Rugby must beware leaping from the lenient to draconian over gouging"”, in The Guardian:

     Tomás O'Leary had a torrid time behind the forwards, fumbling on the floor, hesitant with his kicks.

4. (chiefly US, sports) [of a streak, form, etc.] Good; impressive; hot.
   • 2019 July 22, James Wagner, “Yankees Face Another A.L. Powerhouse in the Twins”, in The New York Times, page B11:

     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.

Usage notes

• Note that senses 3 and 4 have opposite connotation.

Derived terms

• torridly
• torridness

Compound words and expressions

• torrid zone

Related terms

• torrent
• toast

Translations

very hot and dry

Bulgarian: жарък (bg) (žarǎk) Catalan: tòrrid Esperanto: varmega Finnish: polttava (fi), paahtava (fi), tulinen (fi) French: torride (fr) Georgian: პაპანაქება (ṗaṗanakeba) Hungarian: perzselő (hu), tűző (hu) Italian: torrido (it) Latin: torridus Maori: tūmārōhoehoe, tūmārōhoehoe Portuguese: tórrido (pt) m Russian: паля́щий (ru) (paljáščij) Spanish: tórrido (es) Tagalog: maalingiing Welsh: crasboeth (cy)

full of intense emotions...

Bulgarian: горещ (bg) (gorešt) Finnish: palava (fi), intohimoinen (fi), kiihkeä (fi) French: torride (fr) Greek: αισθησιακός (el) (aisthisiakós) Hungarian: perzselő (hu), forró (hu) Portuguese: tórrido (pt) m Russian: горя́чий (ru) (gorjáčij), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj), пы́лкий (ru) (pýlkij) Spanish: tórrido (es)

full of difficulty

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrɪd/

Verb

torrid

1. (literary) imperfect/conditional impersonal of torri

Mutation

Mutated forms of torrid

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
torrid	dorrid	nhorrid	thorrid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.