Etymology

sudoriferous

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Today it means: Bearing sweat; sweating, sweaty. Full definition →

Latin sūdōrifer
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  1. Latin · derived fromsūdōrifer“bearing sweat”
  2. English todaysudoriferous

From the Latin sūdōrifer (“bearing sweat”). The term originally came from the Latin sūdor (“sweat”) from the Latin verb sūdō (“to sweat”) + -i- + -fer (“-fer, that which carries”) from the Latin verb ferō (“to bring”) + -ous (forming -ferous).

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