swelter
English
WOTD – 1 September 2010
Etymology
From Middle English sweltren, swaltren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix). More at swelt.
Pronunciation
Verb
swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)
Translations
To suffer terribly from intense heat
Noun
swelter (plural swelters)
- Intense heat.
- The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.
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