[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:
late 16th century: from French torride or Latin torridus, from torrere ‘parch, scorch’