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torrid

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
torrid/ˈtɒrɪd/

▶adjective

1 very hot and dry.

2 full of intense emotions arising from sexual love.

3 Brit. full of difficulty.

4 N. Amer. (especially in financial contexts) characterized by intense activity; hard to contain or stop.

– derivatives
torridity noun,
torridly adverb.

– origin C16: from Fr. torride or L. torridus, from torrere ‘parch, scorch’.

'torrid' also found in these Oxford entries:

temperate zone - torrid zone

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