Jun. 7th, 2012

sudorific

Jun. 7th, 2012 07:14 am
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sudorific (soo-duh-RIF-ik) - adj., causing or increasing sweat; producing sweat. n., a sudorific agent.


A synonym is diaphoretic. Borrowed in 1626 from Late Latin sūdōrificus, from sūdor, sweat + -ificus, nominalized suffix form of facere, to make.

(Have I mentioned that it June and that I live in a northern hemisphere desert?)

---L.

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