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torrid
torrid /ˈtɒrəd, ˈtɒrɪd $ ˈtɔː-, ˈtɑː-/ adjective
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: torridus, from torrere __to dry with heat, burn__
1. involving strong emotions, especially of sexual love:
    a torrid love affair
2. literary 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.