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Etymology
From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix). More at swelt.
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Verb
swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)
- (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
- (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
- (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fire, Famine, and Slaughter:It was so rare a piece of fun
To see the swelter'd cattle run
Translations
To suffer terribly from intense heat
To perspire greatly from heat
Noun
swelter (plural swelters)
- Intense heat.
The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.
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