swelteringn.

/ˈswɛltərɪŋ/

Etymology: < swelter v. + -ing suffix¹.

(a) Fainting, swooning. (b) A condition of suffering from oppressive heat.

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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning

swimeOE

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swooningc1290

swoonc1330

soundingc1380

swelteringc1440

sweltingc1460

swalming1487

swounding1570

syncopization1598

fainting1601

lipothymy1603

defection1615

dereliction1647

swebbing1668

swound1880

greyout1942

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > condition of being oppressed by heat

swelteringc1440

swelter1851

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 481/2 Swalterynge, or swownynge, sincopa.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 482/2 Sweltrynge, or swalterynge.., sincopa.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ff6^v To asswage the sweltring of my hellish longing.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 102 Neither themselves, nor any other, can remaine in them [sc. their houses] without sweltring.

1846 J. Hamilton Mt. Olives viii. 191 When the fret and worry and sweltering of their jaded day is done.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

swelteringadj.

Etymology: < swelter v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsweltering.

†1. Exuding with heat. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > exuding > with heat

sweltering1575

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of exuding > [adjective] > exuding > with heat

sweltering1575

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > oppressed with heat > exuding with oppressive heat

sweltering1575

1575 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1907) I. 112 The droppes of sweltring sweate, Which trickle downe my face.

a. Of heat, weather, a season, etc.: Oppressive or overpowering with great heat; causing or accompanied by profuse sweating or suffocation through extreme heat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [adjective] > oppressively

sweltry1575

sultry1594

sweltering1641

mooth1768

1641 tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) i. iii. 22/2 The sweltring [earlier eds. swelting] heat, and shiv'ring cold.

1650 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata §275 The sweltring heat of the heart is cooled by the lungs (lights) lying next to it.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 40 I here doe lye, Without a shed scorch'd with a swelt'ring skye.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 7 The sweltering and sultry Climes within the Tropicks.

1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 201 He was wrapt..in Flannels,..but..threw off all his sweltering Harness.

1798 R. Southey Cross Roads vii In such a sweltering day as this A knapsack is the devil.

1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States II. 49 That dull still closeness which foretels a day of sweltering heat.

1899 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Experiences Irish R.M. xii The dances lasted a sweltering half-hour.

b. figurative of the heat of feeling. Now rare or Obsolete.In quot. 1821 with reminiscence of Shakespeare's sweltered venom: see sweltered adj. 1.

ΚΠ

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. O1 Shonning to bee tainted with the least touche of sweltring griefe.

1587 A. Day Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. N4^v With a maner of sweltring kind of disdaine.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. i. sig. A3 I burnt in inward sweltring hate.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) ii. i. 55 The blighting venom of his sweltering heart.

a. Of persons: Suffering from or overpowered by oppressive heat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > oppressed with heat

swelteda1634

sweltry1635

broiling1648

sweltering1652

sweltered1798

swolten1876

perishing1883

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. xlvi. 58 How in Loves torrid Zone thy sweltring Martyr stews.

1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1199 I forced myself through the sweltering press.

1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 804/2 I was starved and sweltering.

b. Of localities, etc.: Excessively hot or sultry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively

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sultering1581

swelty1586

sultry1594

swoltery1603

swole-hot1721

sweltering1845

1845 H. B. Hirst Coming of Mammoth 93 As he strode Along the sweltering glade.

1886 Athenæum 20 Feb. 259/2 Whether in the sweltering cities of the south or in dirt-begrimed Peking.

1888 G. Allen in Longman's Mag. July 306 All the parts of the camel's body which touch the sweltering sand in his ordinary patient kneeling position are provided with callosities of thickened hide.

1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems ii. v. 9 Swift from the sweltering pasturage he flows.

Derivatives

ˈswelteringly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adverb] > oppressively (hot)

sultrily1855

swelteringly1892

1892 J. Murdoch From Austral. & Japan i. 127 It was August, and consequently swelteringly hot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sweltering
释义	swelteringn. /ˈswɛltərɪŋ/ Etymology: < swelter v. + -ing suffix¹. (a) Fainting, swooning. (b) A condition of suffering from oppressive heat. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning swimeOE swowingc1000 swooningc1290 swoonc1330 soundingc1380 swelteringc1440 sweltingc1460 swalming1487 swounding1570 syncopization1598 fainting1601 lipothymy1603 defection1615 dereliction1647 swebbing1668 swound1880 greyout1942 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > condition of being oppressed by heat swelteringc1440 swelter1851 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 481/2 Swalterynge, or swownynge, sincopa. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 482/2 Sweltrynge, or swalterynge.., sincopa. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ff6^v To asswage the sweltring of my hellish longing. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 102 Neither themselves, nor any other, can remaine in them [sc. their houses] without sweltring. 1846 J. Hamilton Mt. Olives viii. 191 When the fret and worry and sweltering of their jaded day is done. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2018). swelteringadj. Etymology: < swelter v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsweltering. †1. Exuding with heat. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > exuding > with heat sweltering1575 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of exuding > [adjective] > exuding > with heat sweltering1575 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > oppressed with heat > exuding with oppressive heat sweltering1575 1575 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1907) I. 112 The droppes of sweltring sweate, Which trickle downe my face. 2. a. Of heat, weather, a season, etc.: Oppressive or overpowering with great heat; causing or accompanied by profuse sweating or suffocation through extreme heat. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [adjective] > oppressively sweltry1575 sultry1594 sweltering1641 mooth1768 1641 tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) i. iii. 22/2 The sweltring [earlier eds. swelting] heat, and shiv'ring cold. 1650 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata §275 The sweltring heat of the heart is cooled by the lungs (lights) lying next to it. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 40 I here doe lye, Without a shed scorch'd with a swelt'ring skye. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 7 The sweltering and sultry Climes within the Tropicks. 1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 201 He was wrapt..in Flannels,..but..threw off all his sweltering Harness. 1798 R. Southey Cross Roads vii In such a sweltering day as this A knapsack is the devil. 1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States II. 49 That dull still closeness which foretels a day of sweltering heat. 1899 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Experiences Irish R.M. xii The dances lasted a sweltering half-hour. b. figurative of the heat of feeling. Now rare or Obsolete.In quot. 1821 with reminiscence of Shakespeare's sweltered venom: see sweltered adj. 1. ΚΠ 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. O1 Shonning to bee tainted with the least touche of sweltring griefe. 1587 A. Day Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. N4^v With a maner of sweltring kind of disdaine. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. i. sig. A3 I burnt in inward sweltring hate. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) ii. i. 55 The blighting venom of his sweltering heart. 3. a. Of persons: Suffering from or overpowered by oppressive heat. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > oppressed with heat swelteda1634 sweltry1635 broiling1648 sweltering1652 sweltered1798 swolten1876 perishing1883 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. xlvi. 58 How in Loves torrid Zone thy sweltring Martyr stews. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1199 I forced myself through the sweltering press. 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 804/2 I was starved and sweltering. b. Of localities, etc.: Excessively hot or sultry. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively swoly1496 faint1525 swaltish1530 sweltinga1542 sultering1581 swelty1586 sultry1594 swoltery1603 swole-hot1721 sweltering1845 1845 H. B. Hirst Coming of Mammoth 93 As he strode Along the sweltering glade. 1886 Athenæum 20 Feb. 259/2 Whether in the sweltering cities of the south or in dirt-begrimed Peking. 1888 G. Allen in Longman's Mag. July 306 All the parts of the camel's body which touch the sweltering sand in his ordinary patient kneeling position are provided with callosities of thickened hide. 1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems ii. v. 9 Swift from the sweltering pasturage he flows. Derivatives ˈswelteringly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adverb] > oppressively (hot) sultrily1855 swelteringly1892 1892 J. Murdoch From Austral. & Japan i. 127 It was August, and consequently swelteringly hot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1440adj.1575
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