prickly heat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of prickly heat
An Americanism dating back to 1730–40
Example Sentences
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In the Library of America’s “Didion: The 1960s & ’70s,” readers can feel the prickly heat, smell the approaching catastrophe.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2019
“I’m seeing a lot of heat cases, prickly heat, a lot of foot cases - athlete’s foot and borderline trench foot - and a lot of exhaustion,” he said.
From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2018
The journey consists of a series of adventures in the broiling temperatures, culminating in a stifling encounter that could be the cinematic equivalent of prickly heat.
From Salon • May 29, 2017
Watching Jeb on the debate stage, I could feel the prickly heat bloom across his nape whenever Trump attacked.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2016
Some feeling was slowly returning to them, mostly a stinging, prickly heat that was like a painful mockery of the soothing warmth I had felt a minute ago when I was drifting off to sleep.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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