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单词 swelty
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sweltyadj.

Forms: Also 1500s swealtie, 1600s sweltie.
Etymology: < swelt v. + -y suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswelty.
Now dialect.
Sweltering, sultry.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively
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1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. iv. 11 The swealtie Sun..So vehementlie did shine vpon the Oesie plasshes myerd.
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood iii. iii. 355 The Raynie sweltie heates.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Swelty, close, hot and smothering.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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