sudorific

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sudorific

/ˌs(j)uːdəˈɹɪfɪk/ UK
/ˌsudəˈɹɪfɪk/ US
/-ɾə-/ US

Rhymes with -ɪfɪk

Where it comes from

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”)).

adjective sudorifick

not comparable 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 p
Similar: asweat
not comparable 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 evening
Similar: diaphoretic

noun sudorifics · sudorifick

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 hea

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adj that produces sweating

Português	sudorífico, sudorífero

noun medicine that produces sweating

Português	sudorífico, sudorífero

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@misc{sudorific_2026,
  title = {sudorific},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sudorific},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}