diaphoretic
/daɪəfəˈɹɛtɪk/adjective, noun
diaphoretic is an adjective meaning “Generating sweat or perspiration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-I-A-P-H-O-R-E-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does diaphoretic mean?
adjective
- 1
Generating sweat or perspiration.
noun
- 1
A product or agent which induces or promotes perspiration.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce diaphoretic?
- /daɪəfəˈɹɛtɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of diaphoretic
- more diaphoretic comparative
- most diaphoretic superlative
- diaphoretics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is diaphoretic?
Diaphoretic appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Diaphoretic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense generating sweat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | schweißtreibend |
| Portuguese | diaforético |
| Spanish | diaforético |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does diaphoretic come from?
From Latin diaphorēticus, from Ancient Greek διαφορητικός (diaphorētikós); by surface analysis, diaphor(esis) + -etic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).