Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: torridus, from torrere 'to dry with heat, burn'

torrid

 adjective
     
Related topics: Meteorology
tor‧rid
1 involving strong emotions, especially of sexual love:
a torrid love affair
2 literaryHEM torrid weather is very hot:
the torrid desert sun
3 British English a torrid time is a very difficult one:
He had a torrid time out there on the racetrack.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary