hotter

¹

[ hot-er ]

verb (used without object)

, Scot. and North England.

1. to vibrate up and down; shake, totter, or rattle, as a plate on a shelf.
2. to stammer.

hotter

²

[ hot-er ]

adjective

1. comparative of hot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hotter¹

1790–1800; < early Dutch dialect hotteren, frequentative with -er- of Middle Dutch hotten to shake; akin to hotch

Example Sentences

That flash point foretells an America becoming more polarized the hotter things get, more sharply divided between its rural and urban communities and more hateful and more dangerous.

From Salon

It was through this history — and the story of this man, a Sierra Club environmentalist, a doctor, a father — that I suspected the clues to future strife in a hotter world might be found, because the conflicts unfolding now seemed to be the fruition of his work.

From Salon

Climate models predict that they will be relatively short compared with the multiyear Western-style megadroughts, but the Northeast must prepare for more droughts, like the one we’re in now, that are hotter and longer than before.

From Slate

With hotter temperatures, more water evaporates, further dehydrating the already parched ground.

From Slate

Hotter, longer drought conditions mean that instead of smelling pleasantly damp, rotting leaves on the forest floor, we get the ominous smell of dry, dusty ones.

From Slate

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