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swelter

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈswɛl.tə/Part of speech verbSorted eelrstwStarts with SEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. suffer from intense heat

Word origin

From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • It was so rare a piece of fun To see the swelter'd cattle run
  • The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.

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