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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