Torrid (adj)
tor-rid
Opressively hot, parching or burning, as in climate or air.
Torrid “oppressively hot” comes from Latin torridus “dried up, parched,” from the verb torrēre “to parch, burn.”
Example sentences
“This torrid weather is absolutely unbearable!”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
