Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Torrid \Tor"rid\, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to
   burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See {Thirst}.]
   1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
      ``Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil.'' --Milton.

   2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
      parching. ``Torrid heat.'' --Milton.

   {Torrid zone} (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth,
      included between the tropics, over which the sun is
      vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is
      always great.

Source : WordNet®

torrid
     adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
            lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
            change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
            "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:
            {ardent}, {burning(a)}, {fervent}, {fervid}, {fiery},
            {impassioned}, {perfervid}]
     2: emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid
        dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid
        rhythms"
     3: burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid
        noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" [syn: {sultry}]