Definitions
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- adjective
Torrid ;passionate ;scorching .
Etymologies
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Examples
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However, it's darn good fluff if not too scorchy yet, either, so here goes:
Getting back on an even keel... littlemissattitude 2009
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Like a commercial he remembers watching after the bullet tapped a hole above his eye and did a scorchy little dance in his crane crane cranium.
THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP JEFFERY DEAVER 2003
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Franny's clam pizza (US$17) is a scorchy, smoky, bubble-crusted, living, breathing piece of food art glazed with a mixture of cream and clam juice, spiked with chilli and scattered with freshly cooked littleneck clams.
IndyBlogs 2008
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a scorchy look in the eyebrows, but full of strength and appetite as ever, turned round at her entrance.
Verner's Pride Henry Wood 1850
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I want my trunk to squirt water through when it gets hot, as I think the sun is going to be very scorchy to-day. "
Uncle Wiggily's Travels Howard Roger Garis 1917
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