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sudatory

[ soo-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or causing sweating.
  2. pertaining to a sudatorium.


noun

, plural su·da·to·ries.

sudatory

/ ˈsjuːdətərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. relating to or producing sweating; sudorific
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. med a sudatory agent
  2. another word for sudatorium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sudatory1

1590–1600; < Latin sūdātōrius inducing sweat, equivalent to sūdā ( re ) to sweat + -tōrius -tory 1
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Example Sentences

The shrubbery around the sudatory is in many localities tied up with willow wisps and ropes.

It serves also as place of assembly and at least at times as sudatory, whence its popular name of sweat-house.

A hut is built, to be used as a sudatory (as will be related below).

All shrivelled up as we were by the heat—for we were almost past the sudatory stage—we drank in some refreshment from the scenery.

Early on the day of his initiation the candidate returns to the sudatory to await the coming of his preceptor.

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