sweatwear

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noun

Casual cotton-based clothing, such as sweatshirts and sweatpants.

OriginEnglish wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian →
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Meanings

nounsweatwear (uncountable)
  1. uncountableCasual cotton-based clothing, such as sweatshirts and sweatpants.

Origin

  1. Englishsweat
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  4. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  6. Old Englishwerian
  7. Middle Englishweren
  8. Englishwear
  9. Englishsweatwear

From sweat + -wear.

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APA

sweatwear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatwear

MLA

“sweatwear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatwear. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweatwear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatwear.

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