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   Swel·ter

   /ˈsweltər/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a person or the atmosphere at a particular time or place) be uncomfortably hot: "Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform"

   noun

   • 1. an uncomfortably hot atmosphere: "the swelter of an August day"

   Word Origin Middle English: from the base of dialect swelt ‘perish’, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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