- hotness
- hot ► ADJECTIVE (hotter, hottest) 1) having a high temperature. 2) feeling or producing an uncomfortable sensation of heat. 3) feeling or showing intense excitement, anger, lust, or other emotion. 4) currently popular, fashionable, or interesting. 5) informal (of goods) stolen and difficult to dispose of because easily identifiable. 6) (often hot on) informal very knowledgeable or skilful. 7) (hot on) informal strict about.► VERB (hotted, hotting) (hot up) Brit. informal ▪ become or make more intense or exciting.DERIVATIVES hotly adverb hotness noun.ORIGIN Old English.
English terms dictionary. 2015.