sultrinessn.

/ˈsʌltrɪnɪs/

Etymology: < sultry adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being sultry; sultry heat.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > oppressive heat

sultriness1662

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > oppressive heat

swelting1571

sultriness1662

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 8 Yet had they then made a fire, never considering the sultriness of the weather.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 125 I staid here till Four in the Afternoon to avoid the Soultriness of the Weather.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 183 An idea of sultriness and suffocating warmth.

1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 4) 13 'Twas sweet of yore to see it [sc. the stream] play And chase the sultriness of day.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xx. 198 Somewhat sleepy with the sultriness of the afternoon.

figurative.1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. vii. 145 My youth flourished in the unwholesome sultriness of a blighted atmosphere.1886 ‘M. Field’ Brutus Ultor i. v. 17 The sultriness of lust is in the air.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	sultriness
释义	sultrinessn. /ˈsʌltrɪnɪs/ Etymology: < sultry adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being sultry; sultry heat. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > oppressive heat sultriness1662 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > oppressive heat swelting1571 sultriness1662 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 8 Yet had they then made a fire, never considering the sultriness of the weather. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 125 I staid here till Four in the Afternoon to avoid the Soultriness of the Weather. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 183 An idea of sultriness and suffocating warmth. 1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 4) 13 'Twas sweet of yore to see it [sc. the stream] play And chase the sultriness of day. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xx. 198 Somewhat sleepy with the sultriness of the afternoon. figurative.1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. vii. 145 My youth flourished in the unwholesome sultriness of a blighted atmosphere.1886 ‘M. Field’ Brutus Ultor i. v. 17 The sultriness of lust is in the air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1662
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