† perspirantn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: perspire v., -ant suffix¹.

Etymology: < perspire v. + -ant suffix¹, after either classical Latin perspīrant-, perspīrāns, present participle of perspīrāre perspire v., or French perspirant, present participle of perspirer perspire v.

Obsolete. rare.

A sweat duct.

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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [noun] > sweat duct

sweat-vessel1682

perspirant1745

sweat-duct1881

1745 B. Franklin Let. 15 Aug. in Wks. (1887) II. 5 That they [i.e. absorbent ducts] should communicate with the veins, and the perspirants with the arteries only, seems natural enough.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	perspirant
释义	† perspirantn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: perspire v., -ant suffix¹. Etymology: < perspire v. + -ant suffix¹, after either classical Latin perspīrant-, perspīrāns, present participle of perspīrāre perspire v., or French perspirant, present participle of perspirer perspire v. Obsolete. rare. A sweat duct. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [noun] > sweat duct sweat-vessel1682 perspirant1745 sweat-duct1881 1745 B. Franklin Let. 15 Aug. in Wks. (1887) II. 5 That they [i.e. absorbent ducts] should communicate with the veins, and the perspirants with the arteries only, seems natural enough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1745
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