perspirative

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English

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Etymology

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From the participle stem of Latin perspīrāre (to perspire).

Adjective

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perspirative (not comparable)

  1. (now rare) Performing the act of perspiration or sweating; perspiratory. [from 18th c.]
    • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 164:
      The difficulty of injecting vegetable vessels seems to shew that their perspirative pores are much less than those of animals [] .