Definition for

torrid


Parched and dry with heat, especially of the sun; arid; sultry; hot; specifically, noting a zone of the earth's surface.

Burning; scorching; parching.

adjective – Parched; dried with heat.

adjective – Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.

adjective – 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.

adjective – Very hot and dry.

adjective – Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.

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