Swelter (noun/verb)
swel-ter
An uncomfortably hot atmosphere.
Be uncomfortably hot.
Middle English from the base of dialect swelt ‘perish’, of Germanic origin.
Example sentences
“The swelter of the midday sun..”
“I was sweltering in the heat.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
