What does torvid mean?
Torvid means (obsolete, poetic) Fierce, stern..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete, poetic) Fierce, stern..
[…] but yesterday his breath / Aw’d Rome, and his least torved frown was death.
That wary labourers, in passing by, / May not suspect his master's idle life, / Lest, urg’d by smiling truth or torvid jealousy, / They carry information to the little Nimrod of the borough town
With torvid brow Saturnia gazed upon / Ixion, and the toiling Sisyphon, / And asked why he alone selected was / To bear such punishment […]
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Torvid means (obsolete, poetic) Fierce, stern..
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[…] but yesterday his breath / Aw’d Rome, and his least torved frown was death.
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