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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Torrid \Tor"rid\, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to
burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst.]
1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
"Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." --Milton.
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2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton.
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Torrid zone (Geog.), 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.
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WordNet Torrid
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
"an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:
ardent, burning(a), fervent, fervid, fiery,
impassioned, perfervid]
2: emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid
dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid
rhythms"
3: burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid
noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" [syn: sultry]

Moby Dictionary
amorous , ardent , arid , baking , blazing , blistering , blistery ,
boiling , broiling , burning , burning hot , canicular , cooking ,
ebullient , erotic , fervent , fervid , feverish , fiery , flaming ,
flushed , grilling , heated , hot , hot as fire , hot as hell ,
hot-blooded , humid , impassioned , inflamed , intense , like a furnace ,
like an oven , lustful , muggy , overheated , overwarm , parched ,
parching , passionate , piping hot , red-hot , roasting , scalding ,
scorched , scorching , searing , seething , sexy , simmering , sizzling ,
sizzling hot , smoking hot , steaming , steamy , stifling , sudorific ,
sultry , sweating , sweaty , sweltering , sweltry , toasting , tropical ,
white-hot