Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being torrid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Torridness.
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- noun The property of being
torrid .
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- noun extreme heat
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Examples
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Already, the unrelenting torridity of the Blasted Lands was beginning to affect the newly forged frigid monolith.
A Triumph of Souls Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
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Nearness to the Equator, with its accompanying torridity, is often counterbalanced by high elevations above sea-level, with consequent rarefied air and low temperature -- a combination which embodies considerable advantages, as well as some drawbacks.
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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The silence of the desert was complete as though torridity had overwhelmed every other aspect of nature.
The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910
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If Harman attempts to defile the Christian pulpit with his presence, I hope to the good Lord that the decent members of that denomination will tie him across a nine-rail fence and enhance the torridity of his rear elevation with a vigorous application of pine plank.
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By its living breath and dancing spray, the parallels and zones breathe the breath of life and stir the febrile torridity of earth's Saharas.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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What follows is a story of forbidden love told with an erotic and elegiac edge that drains the taboo together of all torridity and dissolves the age barrier.
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What follows is a story of forbidden love told with an erotic and elegiac edge that drains the taboo together of all torridity and dissolves the age barrier.
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