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torrid
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[ˈtɒrɪd], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- very hot and dry
(e.g: the torrid heat of the afternoon)
- full of difficulty
(e.g: he'd been given a pretty torrid time by the nation's voters)
- (especially in financial contexts) characterized by intense activity; hard to contain or stop
(e.g: the world's most torrid economies)
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Origin
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late 16th century: from French torride or Latin torridus, from torrere ‘parch, scorch’
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