English Explanatory Dictionary

sudoriferous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Bearing sweat; sweating, sweaty.

Word forms

sudoriferous

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

asweat sudorific sudoriparous

Derived words

sudoriferous gland
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