perspirative

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adjective

Performing the act of perspiration or sweating; perspiratory.

OriginLatin perspīrāre →
First used 18th c.Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveperspirative (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparablePerforming the act of perspiration or sweating; perspiratory.First known use 18th c.

    The difficulty of injecting vegetable vessels seems to shew that their perspirative pores are much less than those of animals […].

    1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 164

Origin

  1. Latinperspīrāre“to perspire”
  2. Englishperspirative

From the participle stem of Latin perspīrāre (“to perspire”).

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