torridadj.

Brit.

/ˈtɒrɪd/, U.S.

/ˈtɔrəd/

Forms: Also 1600s torred.

Etymology: < Latin torridus, < torrēre to dry with heat: see -id suffix¹. Compare French torride (Rabelais 1546), Spanish torrido, torrida, Portuguese torrido, torrida, Italian torrido, -a.

a. Scorched, burned, exposed to great heat; also, intensely hot, burning, scorching.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > burning hot

fire-hotOE

fieryc1300

ferventa1400

ardentc1440

firous?1504

fervid1599

torrid1611

flamatious1688

flaming1694

phlogistic1777

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > injured by heat or fire

burnt1393

adust?a1425

fire-fangeda1522

adusted?1550

torrid1611

scathed1791

blackened1859

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Torride, torride, scorched, burned, parched; also,..dried by the extremitie of heat.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. i. 603 A torrid and scorched earth.

1658 J. Robinson Endoxa ix. 48 Exotick simples..corrupted by the long and torrid space of the Voyage.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 634 Fierce as a Comet; which with torrid heat..Began to parch that temperate Clime.

1798 Anti-Jacobin 14 May 214/1 All in the Town of Tunis, In Africa the torrid.

a1824 Ld. Byron Childe Harold i, in Wks. (1837) 7/2 Such torrid weather.

1876 C. Merivale Rom. Triumvirates vii. 146 The march through this torrid and trackless region occupied seven days.

b. esp. in torrid zone, the region of the earth between the tropics. (Originally in Latin form, torrida zona or zona torrida; cf. Virg. Georg. 1. 234.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > one of five > tropical

middle zone1565

torrid zone1590

tropic1598

torrid (burning, burnt, hot) zone1604

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xi. iii Þe cercle þat hatte Torrida zona [L. orig. a 1350] vnder þe whiche þe sonne meueþ alwei.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Jiiij^v The burning lyne called Zona Torrida.]

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. E Thence by land vnto the Torrid Zone.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 156 Why, under the torrid zone, have the little islands a temperature always supportable..?

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xxvii. 272 In the valleys of the torrid zone, where the mean annual temperature is very high.

c. transferred. Inhabiting the torrid zone.

ΚΠ

1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 297 Torrid jerboa.

†d. Of colour: Burned, blackened with burning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective]

blackeOE

blokec1200

neger?c1425

sable1470

black-coloured1528

sable-coloured1596

ebon1607

Ethiopa1616

torrid1634

atred1654

pullous1698

nigricant1772

black-butted1801

nigrific1804

Negro1816

nigritudinous1851

nigrine1885

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 24 Their colour is (answerable to the Zone they breathe in) blacke and Torrid.

1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes (new ed.) 18 It grows not black and torrid..by the affriction of the Saphire.

2. figurative.

a. In reference to the ‘heat’ of persecution, or sometimes to the burning of heretics.

ΚΠ

a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) 48 Had shee bin then In Maryes torrid dayes engend'red, when Cruelty was witty.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. i. iii. 48/2 The Countries, which the Bloody Popish Inquisition has made a Clime too Torrid for a Protestant.

b. Hot in temper or passion; ardent, zealous, enthusiastic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective]

hotOE

anguishous?c1225

fire-burningc1275

burninga1340

ardentc1374

warm1390

fervent14..

fieryc1430

fired1561

feverous1576

glowinga1577

fervorous1602

ferventeda1627

tropica1631

torrid1646

fervid1656

candenta1687

ardurousa1770

tropical1795

aestuous1844

thermal1866

thermonous1888

1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 99 Temper'd 'twixt cold despaire, and torrid joy.

1685 in Maidment Bk. Scott. Pasquils (1868) 287 But I was ne'er in love so torrid As to miscarry with my mate.

1909 Nation 16 Oct. 129/2 Mr. Finck is about as torrid a hot gospeller as one could meet with.

Derivatives

ˌtorridly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adverb] > very or intensely (hot)

burning hot1475

seething1489

moultering1606

flaming-hot1638

torridly1657

roastingly1830

broiling1840

bakingly1858

blisteringly1877

candescently1883

broilingly1885

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 9 Finding the Ayer so torridly hot, I thought good to make triall of the water.

ˈtorridness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun]

heatc825

torridness1638

torridity1846

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 36 The [ayre] inflamed by the torridnesse of the Zone.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 271 Their horses being all spent..with the length and torridnesse of the way.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	torrid
释义	torridadj. Brit. /ˈtɒrɪd/, U.S. /ˈtɔrəd/ Forms: Also 1600s torred. Etymology: < Latin torridus, < torrēre to dry with heat: see -id suffix¹. Compare French torride (Rabelais 1546), Spanish torrido, torrida, Portuguese torrido, torrida, Italian torrido, -a. 1. a. Scorched, burned, exposed to great heat; also, intensely hot, burning, scorching. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > burning hot fire-hotOE fieryc1300 ferventa1400 ardentc1440 firous?1504 fervid1599 torrid1611 flamatious1688 flaming1694 phlogistic1777 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > injured by heat or fire burnt1393 adust?a1425 fire-fangeda1522 adusted?1550 torrid1611 scathed1791 blackened1859 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Torride, torride, scorched, burned, parched; also,..dried by the extremitie of heat. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. i. 603 A torrid and scorched earth. 1658 J. Robinson Endoxa ix. 48 Exotick simples..corrupted by the long and torrid space of the Voyage. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 634 Fierce as a Comet; which with torrid heat..Began to parch that temperate Clime. View more context for this quotation 1798 Anti-Jacobin 14 May 214/1 All in the Town of Tunis, In Africa the torrid. a1824 Ld. Byron Childe Harold i, in Wks. (1837) 7/2 Such torrid weather. 1876 C. Merivale Rom. Triumvirates vii. 146 The march through this torrid and trackless region occupied seven days. b. esp. in torrid zone, the region of the earth between the tropics. (Originally in Latin form, torrida zona or zona torrida; cf. Virg. Georg. 1. 234.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > one of five > tropical middle zone1565 torrid zone1590 tropic1598 torrid (burning, burnt, hot) zone1604 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xi. iii Þe cercle þat hatte Torrida zona [L. orig. a 1350] vnder þe whiche þe sonne meueþ alwei. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Jiiij^v The burning lyne called Zona Torrida.] 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. E Thence by land vnto the Torrid Zone. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 156 Why, under the torrid zone, have the little islands a temperature always supportable..? 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xxvii. 272 In the valleys of the torrid zone, where the mean annual temperature is very high. c. transferred. Inhabiting the torrid zone. ΚΠ 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 297 Torrid jerboa. †d. Of colour: Burned, blackened with burning. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] blackeOE blokec1200 neger?c1425 sable1470 black-coloured1528 sable-coloured1596 ebon1607 Ethiopa1616 torrid1634 atred1654 pullous1698 nigricant1772 black-butted1801 nigrific1804 Negro1816 nigritudinous1851 nigrine1885 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 24 Their colour is (answerable to the Zone they breathe in) blacke and Torrid. 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes (new ed.) 18 It grows not black and torrid..by the affriction of the Saphire. 2. figurative. a. In reference to the ‘heat’ of persecution, or sometimes to the burning of heretics. ΚΠ a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) 48 Had shee bin then In Maryes torrid dayes engend'red, when Cruelty was witty. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. i. iii. 48/2 The Countries, which the Bloody Popish Inquisition has made a Clime too Torrid for a Protestant. b. Hot in temper or passion; ardent, zealous, enthusiastic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] hotOE anguishous?c1225 fire-burningc1275 burninga1340 ardentc1374 warm1390 fervent14.. fieryc1430 fired1561 feverous1576 glowinga1577 fervorous1602 ferventeda1627 tropica1631 torrid1646 fervid1656 candenta1687 ardurousa1770 tropical1795 aestuous1844 thermal1866 thermonous1888 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 99 Temper'd 'twixt cold despaire, and torrid joy. 1685 in Maidment Bk. Scott. Pasquils (1868) 287 But I was ne'er in love so torrid As to miscarry with my mate. 1909 Nation 16 Oct. 129/2 Mr. Finck is about as torrid a hot gospeller as one could meet with. Derivatives ˌtorridly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adverb] > very or intensely (hot) burning hot1475 seething1489 moultering1606 flaming-hot1638 torridly1657 roastingly1830 broiling1840 bakingly1858 blisteringly1877 candescently1883 broilingly1885 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 9 Finding the Ayer so torridly hot, I thought good to make triall of the water. ˈtorridness n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] heatc825 torridness1638 torridity1846 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 36 The [ayre] inflamed by the torridnesse of the Zone. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 271 Their horses being all spent..with the length and torridnesse of the way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1590
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