perspiration
Plural: perspirations
Noun
- salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
- the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
- "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
- The action or process of perspiring.
- Synonym of hard work.
- Sweat (fluid).
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”)
Morphologically perspire + -ation
Synonyms
diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sudor, sweat, sweating, ;, hard work, sudoresis, sweating#Noun
Scrabble Score: 16
perspiration: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordperspiration: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
perspiration: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary