Etymology

sultry

sul·try
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Today it means: Hot and humid; sweltering. Full definition →

First used late 16th c.
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The story

From sulter (“verb (obsolete), a variant of swelter”) + -y; compare sweltry.

First known use, by meaning

  • from late 16th c. Hot and humid; sweltering.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.