sudatory

[soo-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

adjective

pertaining to or causing sweating.
pertaining to a sudatorium.

noun, plural su·da·to·ries.

sudatorium.

Origin of sudatory

1590–1600; < Latin sūdātōrius inducing sweat, equivalent to sūdā(re) to sweat + -tōrius -tory¹

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Examples from the Web for sudatory

Historical Examples of sudatory

A hut is built, to be used as a sudatory (as will be related below).
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23
Various
There exist, at the present time, scores of baths where the odours of the sudatory chambers are nauseating.
The Turkish Bath
Robert Owen Allsop
A generally dark and heavy tone of colouring is very oppressive in a sudatory chamber.
The Turkish Bath
Robert Owen Allsop
Another very remarkable institution of the Manitaries is the sudatory.
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23
Various
All shrivelled up as we were by the heat—for we were almost past the sudatory stage—we drank in some refreshment from the scenery.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847
Various

British Dictionary definitions for sudatory

sudatory

adjective

relating to or producing sweating; sudorific

noun plural -ries

med a sudatory agent
another word for sudatorium

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