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swelter

swel·ter

UK/ˈswɛl.tə/ US/ˈswɛl.tɚ/ uncommon

verb

1.
2.

suffer from intense heat

  • “we were sweltering at the beach”

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).

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