torrid

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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. Full of difficulty.

Derived terms

Translations

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔrɪd/

Verb

torrid

  1. (literary) imperfect/conditional impersonal of torri

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
torrid dorrid nhorrid thorrid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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