perspirationn.

Brit.

/ˌpəːspəˈreɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌpərspəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s– perspiration; U.S. regional 1800s– prespiration, 1900s– perspriation.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French perspiration.

Etymology: < Middle French perspiration excretion of moisture through the pores of the skin (1539; French perspiration ) < perspirer perspire v. + -ation -ation suffix. Compare post-classical Latin perspiratio (c1605 in a British source).

a. The excretion of moisture through the pores of the skin, originally only imperceptibly as vapour, now also visibly as fluid droplets or sweat as a result of heat, physical exertion, stress, etc.; sweating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of sweat > [noun]

sweatingc1275

sweatc1400

resudation1578

perspiration1583

through-breathing1585

sudation1599

evaporation1626

diaphoresis1681

transpiration1707

sudorification1708

desudation1728

sudoresis1834

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke 179 That which is readie to ingender, is caused through perspiration and breathing out.

1588 W. Bayley Short Disc. Peppers sig. A2^v The third medicine termed diacalaminthe..keepeth clean the habite of the body by sweate and perspiration through the skin.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §680 Much of the matter of hair in the other parts of the body [than the head] goeth forth by insensible perspiration.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Perspiration is as it were a breathing or vaporing of the whole body through the skin.

1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit ii, in Tale of Tub 304 These [Caps], when moistned with Sweat, stop all Perspiration.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 90 I went into the King's Bath..in order to clear the strainer of the skin, for the benefit of a free perspiration.

1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 186 His feet put into warm water in hopes of procuring perspiration.

1842 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (1843) 159 He returns to his bed, and drives out the enemy by renewed perspiration.

1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 252/2 We redouble the folly by counteracting the fatigue and violent perspiration with iced ‘pegs’ [sc. drinks].

1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 360/1 Unless I am on the verge of perspiration I begin to think I have caught cold.

1955 K. Hutton & A. Swallow Chem. for Gen. Sci. iii. 36 When the air is very humid, perspiration is difficult and the weather feels ‘muggy’ and oppressive.

1994 Denver Post 10 Jan. b5/1 Capsaicin, the chemical in peppers that causes perspiration and a speeded-up heartbeat, has addictive properties.

†b. Evaporation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [noun] > becoming or making into vapour > evaporation

evaporationa1398

exhalation1398

consumptiona1400

vapouring1548

transpiration1562

divaporation1617

exhalinga1618

expiration1626

exhalement1646

perspiration1652

transpiring1670

aerification1790

1652 J. French York-shire Spaw vii. 70 This Spaw water is strongest..in Winters frost, by reason of the earth being the more bound up, and the said spirits being thereby kept from perspiration.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 329 Cover'd only with a loose Cover, that there may be a free Perspiration of the Volatile Spirit of your Must.

1720 A. Pennecuik Streams from Helicon (ed. 2) iii. 176 Earth's Perspiration by a solar Heat Condenses unto Rain.

†c. Botany. = transpiration n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > exudation of moisture

transpiration1551

resudation1578

perspiration1664

sudoresis1834

guttation1889

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 29 That all Vegetables have a constant perspiration, the continual dispersion of their odour makes out.

1675 N. Grew Vegetation Trunks in Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. ii. 50 Part of the sap, remitted in perspirations back again into the Air.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 673 The perspiration of vegetables of all kinds..fills the air with moisture.

d. concrete. Something which is perspired; sweat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > perspirations > [noun] > sweat

swotec897

need-sweat?c1225

sweata1400

dead-sweat1609

muck sweat1627

strigment1646

mador1650

breathing sweat1657

lather1660

dew1674

cold sweat1707

death sweat1725

perspiration1725

toil-drop1802

persp.1923

1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 72 It yields an Excrement call'd Perspiration, which is the last Digestion the Blood undergoes.

1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 211 Their covering was not thick enough to keep in their perspiration.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xxxvii. 18 Now took courage to wipe off the perspiration, which had been trickling over his nose.

1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 21 The next minute the perspiration stands on your forehead.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child ii. ix. 222 There was a tense pause. A drop of perspiration rolled down his cheek-bone and anchored itself stickily on the angle of his jaw.

1988 V. Bramwell Woman Bk. Beauty & Health vii. 114 It's not actually perspiration that smells but sweat mixed with skin bacteria which has gone stale.

†2. The action of breathing out or blowing through; an instance of this; respiration. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > [noun]

pufflOE

fnastinga1382

pufta1425

blasting1535

outbreathing1574

efflation1578

expiration1603

perspiration1611

expiring1661

flatus1692

exhalation1742

utterance1844

poof1864

pew1932

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Perspiration, a perspiration, or breathing through.

1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) iii. 27 It's convenient to bore small holes in it for their better perspiration.

1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 8 He wou'd find the Air perhaps more rarefy'd, and sutable to that Perspiration which is requir'd, especially in the case of a Poetical Genius.

1763 ‘Helter van Scelter’ Schemer 93 It opens the chest, gives free perspiration to the lungs, and strengthens and enlarges the whole frame.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 109 If we pronounce onour, our, eir, erbs, without this aspiration, or perspiration, that there is such a fuss about, why are we to stick to these words the uncalled-for, intruding h?

Compounds

perspiration-bathed adj.

ΚΠ

1899 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 2/1 His red-brown perspiration-bathed arms.

1989 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Style section) d13 They achieved a perspiration-bathed purity.

perspiration-drenched adj.

ΚΠ

1960 H. O. Brunn Story of Orig. Dixieland Jazz Band xvii. 205 The perspiration-drenched drummer with the face contorted with a strange mixture of pain and ecstasy.

1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 86/2 Mrs. Marcos, never one to waste a crowd, plunged in for a few minutes of perspiration-drenched flesh-pressing.

perspiration-exciting adj.

ΚΠ

1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 5 It is no holiday-work climbing that steep, craggy, perspiration-exciting..Pinnacle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perspiration
释义	perspirationn. Brit. /ˌpəːspəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌpərspəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s– perspiration; U.S. regional 1800s– prespiration, 1900s– perspriation. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French perspiration. Etymology: < Middle French perspiration excretion of moisture through the pores of the skin (1539; French perspiration ) < perspirer perspire v. + -ation -ation suffix. Compare post-classical Latin perspiratio (c1605 in a British source). 1. a. The excretion of moisture through the pores of the skin, originally only imperceptibly as vapour, now also visibly as fluid droplets or sweat as a result of heat, physical exertion, stress, etc.; sweating. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of sweat > [noun] sweatingc1275 sweatc1400 resudation1578 perspiration1583 through-breathing1585 sudation1599 evaporation1626 diaphoresis1681 transpiration1707 sudorification1708 desudation1728 sudoresis1834 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke 179 That which is readie to ingender, is caused through perspiration and breathing out. 1588 W. Bayley Short Disc. Peppers sig. A2^v The third medicine termed diacalaminthe..keepeth clean the habite of the body by sweate and perspiration through the skin. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §680 Much of the matter of hair in the other parts of the body [than the head] goeth forth by insensible perspiration. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Perspiration is as it were a breathing or vaporing of the whole body through the skin. 1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit ii, in Tale of Tub 304 These [Caps], when moistned with Sweat, stop all Perspiration. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 90 I went into the King's Bath..in order to clear the strainer of the skin, for the benefit of a free perspiration. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 186 His feet put into warm water in hopes of procuring perspiration. 1842 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (1843) 159 He returns to his bed, and drives out the enemy by renewed perspiration. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 252/2 We redouble the folly by counteracting the fatigue and violent perspiration with iced ‘pegs’ [sc. drinks]. 1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 360/1 Unless I am on the verge of perspiration I begin to think I have caught cold. 1955 K. Hutton & A. Swallow Chem. for Gen. Sci. iii. 36 When the air is very humid, perspiration is difficult and the weather feels ‘muggy’ and oppressive. 1994 Denver Post 10 Jan. b5/1 Capsaicin, the chemical in peppers that causes perspiration and a speeded-up heartbeat, has addictive properties. †b. Evaporation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [noun] > becoming or making into vapour > evaporation evaporationa1398 exhalation1398 consumptiona1400 vapouring1548 transpiration1562 divaporation1617 exhalinga1618 expiration1626 exhalement1646 perspiration1652 transpiring1670 aerification1790 1652 J. French York-shire Spaw vii. 70 This Spaw water is strongest..in Winters frost, by reason of the earth being the more bound up, and the said spirits being thereby kept from perspiration. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 329 Cover'd only with a loose Cover, that there may be a free Perspiration of the Volatile Spirit of your Must. 1720 A. Pennecuik Streams from Helicon (ed. 2) iii. 176 Earth's Perspiration by a solar Heat Condenses unto Rain. †c. Botany. = transpiration n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > exudation of moisture transpiration1551 resudation1578 perspiration1664 sudoresis1834 guttation1889 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 29 That all Vegetables have a constant perspiration, the continual dispersion of their odour makes out. 1675 N. Grew Vegetation Trunks in Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. ii. 50 Part of the sap, remitted in perspirations back again into the Air. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 673 The perspiration of vegetables of all kinds..fills the air with moisture. d. concrete. Something which is perspired; sweat. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > perspirations > [noun] > sweat swotec897 need-sweat?c1225 sweata1400 dead-sweat1609 muck sweat1627 strigment1646 mador1650 breathing sweat1657 lather1660 dew1674 cold sweat1707 death sweat1725 perspiration1725 toil-drop1802 persp.1923 1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 72 It yields an Excrement call'd Perspiration, which is the last Digestion the Blood undergoes. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 211 Their covering was not thick enough to keep in their perspiration. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xxxvii. 18 Now took courage to wipe off the perspiration, which had been trickling over his nose. 1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 21 The next minute the perspiration stands on your forehead. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child ii. ix. 222 There was a tense pause. A drop of perspiration rolled down his cheek-bone and anchored itself stickily on the angle of his jaw. 1988 V. Bramwell Woman Bk. Beauty & Health vii. 114 It's not actually perspiration that smells but sweat mixed with skin bacteria which has gone stale. †2. The action of breathing out or blowing through; an instance of this; respiration. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > [noun] pufflOE fnastinga1382 pufta1425 blasting1535 outbreathing1574 efflation1578 expiration1603 perspiration1611 expiring1661 flatus1692 exhalation1742 utterance1844 poof1864 pew1932 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Perspiration, a perspiration, or breathing through. 1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) iii. 27 It's convenient to bore small holes in it for their better perspiration. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 8 He wou'd find the Air perhaps more rarefy'd, and sutable to that Perspiration which is requir'd, especially in the case of a Poetical Genius. 1763 ‘Helter van Scelter’ Schemer 93 It opens the chest, gives free perspiration to the lungs, and strengthens and enlarges the whole frame. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 109 If we pronounce onour, our, eir, erbs, without this aspiration, or perspiration, that there is such a fuss about, why are we to stick to these words the uncalled-for, intruding h? Compounds perspiration-bathed adj. ΚΠ 1899 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 2/1 His red-brown perspiration-bathed arms. 1989 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Style section) d13 They achieved a perspiration-bathed purity. perspiration-drenched adj. ΚΠ 1960 H. O. Brunn Story of Orig. Dixieland Jazz Band xvii. 205 The perspiration-drenched drummer with the face contorted with a strange mixture of pain and ecstasy. 1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 86/2 Mrs. Marcos, never one to waste a crowd, plunged in for a few minutes of perspiration-drenched flesh-pressing. perspiration-exciting adj. ΚΠ 1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 5 It is no holiday-work climbing that steep, craggy, perspiration-exciting..Pinnacle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583
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