perspiration
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- noun
- /ˌpɜːrspəˈreɪʃən/
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sudor
- After jogging for an hour, I was drenched in perspiration and needed a shower.
So let's not focus on someone's perspiration when we read Heidegger.
- So let's not focus on someone's perspiration when we read Heidegger.
- I am like marinating in my own sweat perspiration right now.
Examples
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Anne is small, slight, and there is a faint line of perspiration above her upper lip.
Fiction book (1990) -
Brita wiped the perspiration off Johanna's damp brow and combed back her hair.
Fiction book (1992) -
On warm days, you can lose quite a bit of body water through evaporation and perspiration.
Academic text (1999) -
Your heartbeat and perspiration have reached abnormal levels.
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Paul, you're dripping with perspiration.
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He's soaking wet with perspiration.
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Mas George came out, wiping the perspiration off his face with his shirt sleeve.
Fiction book (1993) -
When he runs, he wears synthetic fabrics that whisk perspiration away from his skin.
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His clothes are baggy, and he has a slight sheen of perspiration around his lower lip.
Fiction book (1995) -
Manitas awoke to find the pillows soaked through with his own perspiration and tears.
Fiction book (1990)
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Etymology
Perspiration for the wet fluid also comes from per- 'through' and spirare 'to breathe', so the salt water on your skin is like the body's 'breath' coming out through the skin. That's why perspiration can mean the sweat itself.