■ adjective
1》 very hot and dry.
2》 full of intense emotions arising from sexual love.
3》 Brit. full of difficulty.
4》 N. Amer. (especially in financial contexts) characterized by intense activity; hard to contain or stop.
Derivatives
~ity noun
~ly adverb
Origin
C16: from Fr. ~e or L. ~us , from torrere 'parch, scorch'.