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sultriness|ˈsʌltrɪnɪs|
[f. sultry a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being sultry; sultry heat.
1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 8 Yet had they then made a fire, never considering the sultriness of the weather. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 125, I staid here till Four in the Afternoon to avoid the Soultriness of the Weather. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. v. 183 An idea of sultriness and suffocating warmth. 1813Byron Giaour 300 'Twas sweet of yore to see it [sc. the stream] play And chase the sultriness of day. 1886Stevenson Kidnapped xx, Somewhat sleepy with the sultriness of the afternoon.
fig.1827Disraeli Viv. Grey v. vii, My youth flourished in the unwholesome sultriness of a blighted atmosphere. 1886‘M. Field’ Brutus Ultor i. v, The sultriness of lust is in the air. |