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!”
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