sudorific
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of sudorific
1620–30; < New Latin sūdōrificus, equivalent to Latin sūdōr-, stem of sūdor sweat ( see sudoriferous) + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
Example Sentences
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An emetic and a sudorific considerably relieved them by the morning, but a pig which ate the fish died.
From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles
They are slightly sudorific and diuretic, and apt to occasion in some patients headache of short duration, directly after they are taken.
From Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France by Holdsworth, J. H.
The decoction is much used internally in bronchial catarrh for its sudorific effect.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Boxall very conscientiously recommended a sudorific, and charged him to keep himself well covered up during the night, and on no account to leave his couch.
From Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures by Riou, Edouard
This is worse than all: a man might consent to be tickled and pickled—but to iron him for twenty minutes—mercy on us! the very thought is sudorific.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert
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