torrid (adj) – passionate and intense; very hot and dry [tawr-id]
BREAKDOWN: TORR- (hot) + -ID (that which is)
The Torrid Zone refers to the tropical region around the equator, historically the part of the Earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
a torrent is a violent or forceful stream or flow of water or another liquid; a sudden or effusive outpouring
torrential means falling or flowing rapidly and forcefully
“A shady friend for torrid days
Is easier to find
Than one of higher temperature
For frigid hour of mind.” —Emily Dickinson