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!”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
