swelter

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English

WOTD – 1 September 2010

Etymology

From Middle English sweltren, swaltren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt +‎ -er (frequentative suffix). More at swelt.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛltə(r)

Verb

swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)

  1. (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge to this entry?)
  2. (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
  3. (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.

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Noun

swelter (plural swelters)

  1. Intense heat.
    The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.

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