SWELTRY

sweltering, sweltry

(adjective) excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; “a sweltering room”; “sweltering athletes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sweltry (comparative more sweltry, superlative most sweltry)

Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

Source: Wiktionary


Swel"try, a. Etym: [See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf. Sultry.]

Definition: Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.] Evelyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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