prickly heat
US/ˈpɹɪk li ˈhit/
prickly heat noun: miliaria.
Noun
prickly heat (uncountable)
- miliaria
- My poor boy, how the prickly heat has marked your forehead! Have you ever tried sulphate of copper in water?1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 82
- Synonyms:
- heat rash, sweat rash
prickly heat meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Telugu and Punjabi
prickly heat in Marathi
- prickly heat; heat rash; skin irritation caused by sweating in hot weather
- घामोळे ghāmoḷe
prickly heat in Urdu
- گرمی دانا
prickly heat in Telugu
- prickly heat, miliaria
- చెమటకాయ cemaṭakāya
prickly heat in Punjabi
- prickly heat; heat rash
- ਪਿੱਤ pitt
More languagesFewer languages
- prickly heat in Assamese
- ঘামচি ghamosi
Synonyms of prickly heat
Origin of prickly heat
1730-40, Americanism.
Questions about prickly heat
- What does prickly heat mean?
- Prickly heat means miliaria.
- What is prickly heat in Marathi?
- Prickly heat in Marathi is घामोळे (ghāmoḷe). See Prickly heat meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is prickly heat?
- Prickly heat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce prickly heat?
- Prickly heat is pronounced /ˈpɹɪk li ˈhit/ (US).
Words near prickly heat in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prickly heat (page history and authors); घामोळे (Marathi) (page history and authors); prickly heat (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చెమటకాయ (Telugu) (page history and authors); ਪਿੱਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ঘামচি (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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