Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sudoriferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
su-dorif-er-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From the Latin sūdōrifer (“bearing sweat”). The term originally came from the Latin sūdor (“sweat”) from the Latin verb sūdō (“to sweat”) + -i- + -fer (“-fer, that which carries”) from the Latin verb ferō (“to bring”) + -ous (forming -ferous).

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Questions

What does sudoriferous mean?
Bearing sweat; sweating, sweaty.
Where does sudoriferous come from?
From the Latin sūdōrifer (“bearing sweat”). The term originally came from the Latin sūdor (“sweat”) from the Latin verb sūdō (“to sweat”) + -i- + -fer (“-fer, that which carries”) from the Latin verb ferō (“to bring”) + -ous (forming -ferous).

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