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night sweats

night sweat
N n

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nahyt swet]
    • /naɪt swɛt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nahyt swet]
    • /naɪt swɛt/

Definition of night sweats words

  • noun night sweats heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis. 1

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Origin of night sweats

First appearance:

before 1745
One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1745-55

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Parts of speech for Night sweats

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

night sweats popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

night sweats usage trend in Literature

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