laconicumn.
/ləˈkɒnɪkəm/ The sweating-room in the bath, so called from having been first used by the Spartans.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing > bath-house > hot bathroom or sweating-room
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1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.)
1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. v. 86 The hot air of the laconicum.
1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 226 The upper floor bricks, or tiles..formed the floor of the laconicum.
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