A very sensual word originating from the French expression for torch. Quite appropriate seeing that we now use it either to mean a light fixture that sits on the floor and emanates indirect
(pronounced TOR-ehd)
The breathy sound made when saying this word aloud seems to reinforce its definition: hot, intense, scorching, passionate, fervent. Whether applied to an object or to a state of
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