Antonyms for perspiry

Grammar : Adj

Spell : per-spahyuh r

Phonetic Transcription : pərˈspaɪər

Definition of perspiry

Origin : 1640s, "to evaporate through the pores," a back-formation from perspiration and in part from Latin perspirare "to breathe, to blow constantly" (see perspiration). Meaning "to sweat" is a polite usage attested from 1725. Medical men tried to maintain a distinction between "sensible" (sweat) and "insensible" perspiration:
[I]t is sufficient for common use to observe, that perspiration is that insensible discharge of vapour from the whole surface of the body and the lungs which is constantly going on in a healthy state; that it is always natural and always salutary; that sweat, on the contrary, is an evacuation, which never appears without some uncommon effort, or some disease to the system, that it weakens and relaxes, and is so far from coinciding with perspiration, that it obstructs and checks it. [Charles White, "A Treatise on the Management of Pregnant and Lying-in Women," London, 1791]
Related: Perspired; perspiring.

As in sweaty : adj damp with perspiration
As in perspiring : adj sweaty
As in sudoriferous : adj sweaty
As in sweating : adj sweaty

Example sentences :

He rose slowly from his chair and his face grew pale in his anger; then it became red and perspiry.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

Synonyms for perspiry

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