LekhoriLekhoriThe action or process of perspiring.
The Cauſe may be Want of Perſpiration : For Much of the Matter of Haire, in the other Parts of the Body, goeth forth by Inſenſible Perſpiration ; And beſides, the Skull being of a more ſolide Subſtance, nouriſheth and aſſimilateth leſſe, and excerneth more.
Synonym of hard work.
Genius is 1 per cent. inspiration and 99 per cent. perspiration.
Sweat (fluid).
Passing his hand across his forehead he withdrew it, wet with drops of perspiration.
Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”). Morphologicall...
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