no-sweat
[ noh-swet ]
/ ˈnoʊˈswɛt /
adjective Informal.
requiring little effort; easy: a no-sweat job.
Words nearby no-sweat
no-side,
no-smoking,
no-stick,
no-strike,
no-strings,
no-sweat,
no-tillage,
no-trump,
no-win,
no-win situation,
no.
Definition for no sweat (2 of 2)
Origin of sweat
before 900; 1970–75
for def 6; (v.) Middle English
sweten, Old English
swǣtan to sweat, derivative of
swāt (noun) (> obsolete English
swote); (noun) Middle English, alteration of
swote, influenced by the v.; cognate with Dutch
zweet, German
Schweiss, Old Norse
sveiti, Sanskrit
svedas; akin to Latin
sūdor, Greek
hidrṓs
synonym study for sweat
24. See
perspiration.
historical usage of sweat
Sweat has a very distinguished ancestry. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European root
sweid-, swoid-, swid-. The suffixed form
swoidos (a noun) appears in Germanic as
swaitaz, regularly becoming
swāt in Old English,
Schweiss in German, and
sveiti in Old Norse. The related form
swoidōs- regularly becomes the noun
sūdōr- (inflectional stem of
sūdor ) in Latin, from which English derives
sudorific “causing sweat” and
sudoriparous “secreting sweat.” Greek, as is common, goes its own way and forms its noun from the variant root
swid- extended with the suffix
-ro- (
swidro- ) to form
hidrṓs, from which English derives
hidrosis (excessive production of sweat); the Greek form is made obscure by the cluster
sw- becoming
h-. The form
swidro- becomes
sviêdri in Latvian, a Baltic language that, like Lithuanian, is very resistant to change.
OTHER WORDS FROM sweat
sweat·less, adjective non·sweat·ing, adjective un·sweat·ing, adjectiveBritish Dictionary definitions for no sweat
sweat
/ (swɛt) /
noun
verb sweats, sweating, sweat or sweated
Derived forms of sweat
sweatless, adjectiveWord Origin for sweat
Old English
swætan to sweat, from
swāt sweat; related to Old Saxon
swēt, Old Norse
sveiti, Old High German
sweiz, Latin
sūdor, Sanskrit
svedas
Medical definitions for no sweat
sweat
[ swĕt ]
v.
To excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire.
n.
The colorless saline moisture excreted by the sweat glands; perspiration.
The process of sweating.
Scientific definitions for no sweat
sweat
[ swĕt ]
The salty liquid given off by sweat glands in the skin of mammals. As sweat evaporates, the skin cools, causing a reduction in body heat.
Idioms and Phrases with no sweat (1 of 2)
no sweat
see under no problem.
Idioms and Phrases with no sweat (2 of 2)
sweat