Definitions
characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
Word origin
From sulter (“verb (obsolete), a variant of swelter”) + -y; compare sweltry.
Used in a sentence
“Other ſignes of the Hiues fullneſſe and readineſſe to ſwarm are at the Hiue-doore, […] Fourthly, their firſt lying forth in foggy and ſultrie mornings & euenings, & going in again when the aire is cleere.”
“Here in the sultriest season let him rest, / Fresh is the green beneath those aged trees; / Here winds of gentlest wing will fan his breast, / From heaven itself he may inhale the breeze: […]”
“The detachment of Tancred, fifty spears and their armed retinue, which amounted fully to five hundred men, after having taken a short and hasty refreshment, were in arms and mounted before the sultry hour of noon.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Hot and humid”6 letters
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