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Definition of Sultriness
1. Noun. Oppressively hot and humid weather.
2. Noun. The quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire. "The sultriness of lust was in the air"
Definition of Sultriness
1. n. The quality or state of being sultry.
Definition of Sultriness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being sultry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sultriness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sultriness
Literary usage of Sultriness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"Along the sea-coast the sultriness of the hot season is tempered by sea-breezes.
The maximum temperature in the shade in 1882 was io5'6° F., and the minimum ..."
2. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"Excessive sultriness of Lisbon—Night sounds of the city.— Public gala in the
garden of the Conde de Villa Nova. ..."
3. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"... t sMo [c] sultriness. Mod [n] courage, mettle, pluck, haart; frs —! cheer up!
never say die! satte — i ene .s age, reassure; vare ved godt — be of p ..."
4. The Life and Travels of Mungo Park: With the Account of His Death from the by Mungo Park (1840)
"sultriness of the Weather. — Continued Ill-treatment of Park. — His Sufferings
from Hunger.—Removal of the Moorish Camp.— Park's Introduction to Queen ..."
5. Antonina: Or, The Fall of Rome by Wilkie Collins (1874)
"... idlers of Ravenna to brave the sultriness of the atmosphere, in the vain hope
of being greeted by a breeze from the Adriatic, as they mounted the ..."
6. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"To- A name for sultriness. 2 The practice of taking in regularly a certain
quantity (milk, &c.); making periodical payments : such quantity regularly taken. ..."
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