swelter
pronunciation
How to pronounce swelter in British English:
UK [ˈsweltə(r)]
How to pronounce swelter in American English:
US [ˈswɛltɚ]
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- Verb:
- be uncomfortably hot
- suffer from intense heat
Word Origin
- swelter (v.)
- c. 1400, "faint with heat," frequentative of swelten "be faint (especially with heat)," late 14c., from Old English sweltan "to die, perish," from Proto-Germanic *swiltan- (cognates: Old Saxon sweltan "to die," Old Norse svelta "to put to death, starve," Gothic sviltan "to die"), perhaps originally "to burn slowly," hence "to be overcome with heat or fever," from PIE root *swel- (2) "to shine, beam" (see Selene). From the same ancient root comes Old English swelan "to burn." For specialization of words meaning "to die," compare starve. Related: Sweltered; sweltering.
- swelter (n.)
- "a sweltering condition," 1851, from swelter (v.).
Example
- 1. He often work in a swelter .
- 2. In the summer of 1999 , as the swelter hot summer sky shine guilin yangshuo .
- 3. I do not want to swelter through another hot and humid summer .
- 4. Give me some ice water , I 'm going to swelter .
- 5. He says it is unfair that girls can change into skirts during the hot weather , while boys have to swelter in long trousers .