Meanings
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adjectiveBearing sweat; sweating, sweaty.
Origin
- Latinsūdōrifer“bearing sweat”
- Englishsudoriferous
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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sudoriferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sudoriferous
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