Word of the Day for Monday, May 7, 2012
sudorific \soo-duh-RIF-ik\, adjective:
1. Causing sweat.
2. Sudoriparous.
noun:
1. A sudorific agent.
Having thrown him into a cold sweat by his spiritual sudorific, he attacks him with his material remedies, which are often quite as unpalatable.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Medical Essays, 1842-1882
Wracked by such sudorific thoughts, he tossed noisily about, maddened, aching.
-- Angela Huth, South of the Lights
Every sudorific hitherto employed had failed to produce this result upon a skin which horrible diseases had left impervious.
-- Honoré de Balzac, Cousin Pons
Sudorific comes from the Latin word sūdor meaning "sweat." The word "sweat" is unrelated and comes from the Old English, swote.
发汗\洙咄-RIF-IK\,形容词:
1。造成汗水。
2。 sudoriparous。
名词:
1。一个发汗代理。
被投掷出一身冷汗,他通过他的精神发汗,他攻击他与他的材料补救,这往往是那么难吃。
- 奥利弗·温德尔·霍姆斯,医疗散文,1842年至1882年
毁坏这些发汗思想,他大肆抛出的,发疯,疼痛。
- 安吉拉·胡特,南一盏灯
就业每发汗迄今未能产生这一结果后,一个可怕的疾病离开了不透水的皮肤。
- 巴尔扎克,表哥庞斯
发汗“的汗水。”从拉丁词sūdor意义“汗”字无关,从旧的英语,swote。
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