sudoriferous

S1U1D2O1R1I1F4E1R1O1U1S1

adjective

Bearing sweat; sweating, sweaty.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivesudoriferous (not comparable)

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBearing sweat; sweating, sweaty.

Origin

  1. Latinsūdōrifer“bearing sweat”
  2. 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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