What does "sudorific" mean?
A medicine that produces sweating.
Sudorific
/ˌs(j)uːdəˈɹɪfɪk/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A medicine that produces sweating.
- Grammar: sudorific is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: ardent, baking, bathed in sweat, beaded with sweat.
- Usage evidence: [...] I took my leave of them, & 'ran like a Lamp-lighter', the rest of the way to the Theatre; and in a most violent perspiration, clambered into the Shilling Gallery, where scarcely I cᵈ gain admission, the rest of the House being extremely crowded, wᶜʰ did not diminish the sudorific state of my person.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A medicine that produces sweating.
"[A]s it was obſerved that acute diſtempers are ſometimes terminated by a critical ſweat, it was concluded that the moſt powerful ſudorifics were the beſt means of accompliſhing this deſirable end. This gave riſe to the deſtructive and fatal practice, which ſoon became univerſal, of adminiſtering heating remedies in diſeaſes of an inflammatory nature: […]"
- 2 a medicine that causes or increases sweating wordnet
Adjective
- 1 In a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty. not-comparable
"[...] I took my leave of them, & 'ran like a Lamp-lighter', the rest of the way to the Theatre; and in a most violent perspiration, clambered into the Shilling Gallery, where scarcely I cᵈ gain admission, the rest of the House being extremely crowded, wᶜʰ did not diminish the sudorific state of my person."
- 2 That produces sweating. not-comparable
"The treatment of the "Charity [Hôpital de la Charité, Paris]," as administered now, consists in an assemblage of numerous substances endowed with different properties. It is as follows: First day, cassia water; simple sudorific ptisan, purgative clyster in the morning, anodyne clyster in the evening, theriaca one ounce, opium 1 gr."
Adjective
- 1 inducing perspiration wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"[...] I took my leave of them, & 'ran like a Lamp-lighter', the rest of the way to the Theatre; and in a most violent perspiration, clambered into the Shilling Gallery, where scarcely I cᵈ gain admission, the rest of the House being extremely crowded, wᶜʰ did not diminish the sudorific state of my person."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "sudorific"?
Common synonyms include: ardent, baking, bathed in sweat, beaded with sweat, blistering, boiling.
How do you use "sudorific" in a sentence?
[...] I took my leave of them, & 'ran like a Lamp-lighter', the rest of the way to the Theatre; and in a most violent perspiration, clambered into the Shilling Gallery, where scarcely I cᵈ gain admission, the rest of the House being extremely crowded, wᶜʰ did not diminish the sudorific state of my person.
How do you pronounce "sudorific"?
Pronounced /ˌs(j)uːdəˈɹɪfɪk/.
Etymology
From New Latin sudorificus, from sūdor (“sweat”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“sweat; to sweat”)) + -ificus (from Proto-Italic *-fakos (suffix forming adjectives that denote bringing or making), ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)).