Torrid
/ˈtɔr.ɪd/noun
Extremely hot and dry; also used figuratively for intense or passionate.
Did you know?The word entered English through Latin torridus, from torrēre, meaning “to dry up, scorch, or roast,” so its oldest sense is closer to being seared than merely warm.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ters-
“to dry up, parch”
Latin
Latin
torrēre
“to dry, parch, scorch, roast”
Latin
Latin
torridus
“parched, dry, scorched”
Late Latin / Old French
Latin / Old French
torrid(us)
“hot, parched; burning”
16th Century
English
torrid
“hot, parched; later, intensely passionate or sweltering”
Modern English
English
torrid
“extremely hot and dry; intensely passionate or severe”
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