单词 | perspirative |
释义 | perspirativeadj. Now rare. = perspiratory adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > letting or forcing out (a substance, etc.) > [adjective] perspirable1603 perspiring1699 perspiratory1724 perspirative1736 perspiratinga1789 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Perspirative, of or pertaining to perspiration or breathing or exhaling through. a1776 R. James Short Treat. Disorders of Children in Diss. Fevers (1778) 157 It is a very common error in practice,..to administer very heating and perspirative medicines, with an intent to drive out the measles as it is called. 1801 E. Darwin Zoonomia IV. 340 Their mucous and perspirative glands are to be understood as included. 1995 ATOMS Jrnl. 1 12/1 Its warming and perspirative properties would both restore health and have a cleaning and purifying effect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1736 |
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