sweltryadj.

/ˈswɛltri/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s sweltrie, 1600s–1700s swealtry, sweltery.

Etymology: < swelter v. + -y suffix¹. Compare sultry adj.

Now archaic and dialect.

a. Of heat, weather, etc.: Oppressively hot, sweltering, sultry.

ΘΚΠ

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

sweltry1575

sultry1594

sweltering1641

mooth1768

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xl. 118 The vehement sweltrie heate thereof [sc. the sun].

1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 2 The drier Aer is generally the more salutary and healthy, so it be not too sweltery.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 7 When they are waddling, whooping, and prancing it away, in their sweltery town-houses,..around the reputed holy fire.

1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 499 The fierce heat of the sun had rendered the atmosphere sweltry and oppressive.

b. transferred of feeling or action.

ΚΠ

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xi The wretched thrall Of bitter dropping sweat, of swealtry pain.

1819 H. Busk Vestriad iv. 801 Labouring thro' the sweltry dance.

2. Oppressed or languishing with 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

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 121 Phebus now hastened to bathe his swealtry Steeds in the foaming Ocean.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations 150 Along the rough-hewn bench The sweltry man had stretched him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sweltry
释义	sweltryadj. /ˈswɛltri/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s sweltrie, 1600s–1700s swealtry, sweltery. Etymology: < swelter v. + -y suffix¹. Compare sultry adj. Now archaic and dialect. 1. a. Of heat, weather, etc.: Oppressively hot, sweltering, sultry. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [adjective] > oppressively sweltry1575 sultry1594 sweltering1641 mooth1768 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xl. 118 The vehement sweltrie heate thereof [sc. the sun]. 1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 2 The drier Aer is generally the more salutary and healthy, so it be not too sweltery. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 7 When they are waddling, whooping, and prancing it away, in their sweltery town-houses,..around the reputed holy fire. 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 499 The fierce heat of the sun had rendered the atmosphere sweltry and oppressive. b. transferred of feeling or action. ΚΠ 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xi The wretched thrall Of bitter dropping sweat, of swealtry pain. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad iv. 801 Labouring thro' the sweltry dance. 2. Oppressed or languishing with 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 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 121 Phebus now hastened to bathe his swealtry Steeds in the foaming Ocean. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations 150 Along the rough-hewn bench The sweltry man had stretched him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1575
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