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sudorific

Syllables: su·dor·i·fic/ˌs(j)uːdəˈɹɪfɪk/US/ˌsudəˈɹɪfɪk/

sudorific adjective: in a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty.

sudorific: in a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty
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Adjective

sudorific (not comparable)

  1. In a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty.
    • [...] I took my leave of them, & 'ran like a Lamp-lighter', the rest of the way to the Theatre; and in a most violent perspiration, clambered into the Shilling Gallery, where scarcely I cᵈ gain admission, the rest of the House being extremely crowded, wᶜʰ did not diminish the sudorific state of my...c. 1751, Roger Lonsdale, quoting Charles Burney, “Childhood and First Years in London, 1726–51”, in Dr. Charles Burney: A Literary Biography, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1965 (1986...
    • Fear, the product of guilt, is a true night-plant. Like some of those gigantic fungi the botanists tell of, it springs up in the dark, and in an hour of restless tossing, sudorific, horripilating wretchedness, canopies our bed with a phantom toad-stool of gigantic size. The load that the conscience...[1873], W[illiam] S[tarbuck] Mayo, chapter XVII, in Never Again (The Library of Favourite Authors, British and Foreign; I), London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, Warwick House, Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 192
    Synonyms:
    asweat
  2. That produces sweating.
    • The treatment of the "Charity [Hôpital de la Charité, Paris]," as administered now, consists in an assemblage of numerous substances endowed with different properties. It is as follows: First day, cassia water; simple sudorific ptisan, purgative clyster in the morning, anodyne clyster in the...1848, L. Tanquerel des Planches, “Treatment”, in Samuel L[uther] Dana, transl., Lead Diseases: A Treatise from the French of L. Tanquerel des Planches, with Notes and Additions on the Use of Lead...
    • That the skin is much affected under the sense of great fear, we see in the marvellous and inexplicable manner in which perspiration immediately exudes from it. This exudation is all the more remarkable, as the surface is then cold, and hence the term a cold sweat; whereas, the sudorific glands are...1872, Charles Darwin, “Surprise—Astonishment—Fear—Horror”, in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, →OCLC, page 290
    Synonyms:
    diaphoretic

Noun

sudorific (plural sudorifics)

  1. A medicine that produces sweating.
    • [A]s it was obſerved that acute diſtempers are ſometimes terminated by a critical ſweat, it was concluded that the moſt powerful ſudorifics were the beſt means of accompliſhing this deſirable end. This gave riſe to the deſtructive and fatal practice, which ſoon became univerſal, of adminiſtering...1770, Thomas Percival, “Essay I. The Empiric.”, in Essays Medical and Experimental on the Following Subjects, viz. I. The Empiric. II. The Dogmatic. { Or, Arguments For and Against the Use of Theory...
    • The whole of this hill is covered with the wild sage, the salvia pomifera, […] It enters into the materia medica of the modern Greeks, and is taken as tea, and used as a sudorific in feverish cases.1819, Edward Dodwell, chapter VI, in A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, during the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806. … In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin, New...

sudorific meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit

sudorific in Tamil

வியர்வைதள்ளி

sudorific in Sanskrit

a sudorific
स्वेद svéda

Examples of sudorific in a sentence

  • It is as follows: First day, cassia water; simple sudorific ptisan, purgative clyster in the morning, anodyne clyster in the evening, theriaca one ounce, opium 1 gr.1848, L. Tanquerel des Planches, “Treatment”, in Samuel L[uther] Dana, transl., Lead Diseases: A Treatise from the French of L. Tanquerel...
  • This exudation is all the more remarkable, as the surface is then cold, and hence the term a cold sweat; whereas, the sudorific glands are properly excited into action when the surface is heated.1872, Charles Darwin, “Surprise—Astonishment—Fear—Horror”, in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, London: John Murray...
  • The fortunes of the Helvetius family [i.e., the family of Johann Friedrich Schweitzer] were established firmly upon the sudorific, expectorant and emetic qualities of the root of ipecacuanha.1955, Ian Cumming, “The Wisdom of Our Ancestors”, in Helvetius: His Life and Place in the History of Educational Thought (International...
  • [A]s it was obſerved that acute diſtempers are ſometimes terminated by a critical ſweat, it was concluded that the moſt powerful ſudorifics were the beſt means of accompliſhing this deſirable end.1770, Thomas Percival, “Essay I. The Empiric.”, in Essays Medical and Experimental on the Following Subjects, viz. I. The Empiric. II. The...

Synonyms of sudorific

Forms of sudorific

Adjective
alternative formsudorifick
Noun
pluralsudorifics

Origin of sudorific

From New Latin sudorificus, from sūdor (“sweat”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“sweat; to sweat”)) + -ificus (from Proto-Italic *-fakos (suffix forming adjectives that denote bringing or making), ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)).

Words formed from sudorific

Words that rhyme with sudorific

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Questions about sudorific

What does sudorific mean?
Sudorific means in a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty.
What is sudorific in Tamil?
Sudorific in Tamil is வியர்வைதள்ளி. See Sudorific meaning in Tamil.
How do you use sudorific in a sentence?
It is as follows: First day, cassia water; simple sudorific ptisan, purgative clyster in the morning, anodyne clyster in the evening, theriaca one ounce, opium 1 gr.
What part of speech is sudorific?
Sudorific can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sudorific?
Sudorific is pronounced /ˌs(j)uːdəˈɹɪfɪk/ (UK).

Words near sudorific in the dictionary

  1. sudoral
  2. sudoresis
  3. sudoriferous
  4. sudoriferous gland
  5. sudoriferous glands
  6. sudorific
  7. sudorifick
  8. sudorificks
  9. sudorifics
  10. sudorimetric
  11. sudorimetry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sudorific (page history and authors); sudorific (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); स्वेद (Sanskrit) (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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