SWOLTERY ADJ. sultry, sweltering ...1603 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from swolter, swalter, variant of swelter (n. a sweltering condition) + -y FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1603 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Ham. I shall sir giue you attention: By my troth me thinkes t'is very colde. Gent. It is indeede very rawish colde. Ham. T'is hot me thinkes. Gent. Very swoltery hote: The King, sweete Prince, hath layd a wager on your side, Six Barbary horse, against six french rapiers, With all their acoutrements too, a the carriages: In good faith they are curiously wrought..." From: The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke - William Shakespeare
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