sudatory

[ soo-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈsu dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

pertaining to or causing sweating.

pertaining to a sudatorium.

sudatorium.

Origin of sudatory

1590–1600; < Latin sūdātōrius inducing sweat, equivalent to sūdā(re) to sweat + -tōrius -tory¹

All shrivelled up as we were by the heat—for we were almost past the sudatory stage—we drank in some refreshment from the scenery.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 |Various
A generally dark and heavy tone of colouring is very oppressive in a sudatory chamber.

The Turkish Bath |Robert Owen Allsop
There exist, at the present time, scores of baths where the odours of the sudatory chambers are nauseating.

The Turkish Bath |Robert Owen Allsop
Early on the day of his initiation the candidate returns to the sudatory to await the coming of his preceptor.

The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa |Walter James Hoffman

A hut is built, to be used as a sudatory (as will be related below).

Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23 |Various

sudatory

/ (ˈsjuːdətərɪ, -trɪ) /

relating to or producing sweating; sudorific

med a sudatory agent

another word for sudatorium