† unperspirableadj.
Obsolete.
Not capable of being eliminated in perspiration; incapable of perspiring; unperspiring.
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unperspirable1720
1720 G. Cheyne Observ. Gout 27 The more gross and unperspirable Remains of the Gouty Humour.
1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies 155 Bile, of it self, is the most unperspirable of Animal Fluids.
1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 493 A dry unperspirable state of the skin.
1870 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 45 149 The skin is harsh, dry, and unperspirable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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