Swelter in Scrabble Dictionary

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Definitions and meaning of swelter

swelter

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswɛl.tə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈswɛl.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛltə(r)

Verb

swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)

1. (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge to this entry?)

2. (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
3. (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.

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Noun

swelter (plural swelters)

1. Intense heat.

   The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.

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Anagrams

• Lewters, Welters, welters, wrestle

• SWELL, to increase in size or volume.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)