"oppressively hot" (of weather, seasons), 1590s, present-participle adjective from swelter (v.). Related: Swelteringly.
a sweltering room
sweltering athletes
sweet-pea
sweet-talk
swell
swelling
swelter
sweltering
sweltry
*swen-
*swep-
swept
swerve
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