sudorific
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of sudorific
1620–30; < New Latin sūdōrificus, equivalent to Latin sūdōr-, stem of sūdor sweat ( see sudoriferous) + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
Example Sentences
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I ordered them a sudorific Drink, which being succeeded by the Eruption, or by Sweating, they found themselves sensibly relieved.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
An emetic and a sudorific considerably relieved them by the morning, but a pig which ate the fish died.
From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Rafinesque.—Powerful anti-spasmodic, expectorant, incisive, vermifuge, menagogue, sudorific, etc.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
Pilocar′pine, an alkaloid isolated from pilocarpus, with sudorific properties.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
As this is no light task—if properly performed—it becomes of urgent moment that the apartment should be no less perfectly ventilated than a sudorific chamber.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
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