English search results for: torrid

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. browned/scorched/charred/burned
  2. burned by the sun
  3. dusky/swarthy/dark
  4. torrid
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. boiling hot
  2. fiery, torrid, roused, fervid
  3. glowing
  4. hot blooded
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#3

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. torrid zone
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)