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05-29-2015, 12:17 PM
sudorific
\ soo-duh-RIF-ik \ , adjective;
1.
Causing sweat.
2.
Sudoriparous.
noun: 1.
A sudorific agent.
Quotes:
Having thrown him into a cold sweat by his spiritual sudorific , he attacks him with his material remedies, which are often quite as unpalatable.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Medical Essays, 1842-1882
Wracked by such sudorific thoughts, he tossed noisily about, maddened, aching.
-- Angela Huth, South of the Lights
Every sudorific hitherto employed had failed to produce this result upon a skin which horrible diseases had left impervious.
-- Honoré de Balzac, Cousin Pons
Origin:
Sudorific comes from the Latin word sūdor meaning "sweat." The word "sweat" is unrelated and comes from the Old English, swote .
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\ soo-duh-RIF-ik \ , adjective;
1.
Causing sweat.
2.
Sudoriparous.
noun: 1.
A sudorific agent.
Quotes:
Having thrown him into a cold sweat by his spiritual sudorific , he attacks him with his material remedies, which are often quite as unpalatable.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Medical Essays, 1842-1882
Wracked by such sudorific thoughts, he tossed noisily about, maddened, aching.
-- Angela Huth, South of the Lights
Every sudorific hitherto employed had failed to produce this result upon a skin which horrible diseases had left impervious.
-- Honoré de Balzac, Cousin Pons
Origin:
Sudorific comes from the Latin word sūdor meaning "sweat." The word "sweat" is unrelated and comes from the Old English, swote .
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