Perspiration Definition

pûrspə-rāshən
noun
The act of perspiring; sweating.
Webster's New World
Salty moisture given off in perspiring; sweat.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Perspiration

Noun

Singular:
perspiration
Plural:
perspirations

Origin of Perspiration

  • From French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire"), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly"), from per (“through") + spirare (“to breathe, blow")

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