sudorific

Meanings

Adjective

• In a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty.
• That produces sweating.

Noun

• A medicine that produces sweating.

Origin

• From New Latin sudorificus, from sūdor (from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- ("sweat; to sweat")) + -ificus (from Proto-Italic *-fakos ("suffix forming adjectives that denote bringing or making"), ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ("to do, put, place")).