Defn: A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath.
These sudatories are much in request for many infirmities. Evelyn.
SUDD
Sudd (sud), n. [Ar. sadd barrier.]
Defn: A tangled mass of floating vegetal matter obstructing navigation. [Central Africa]
SUDDEN Sud"den, a. Etym: [OE. sodian, sodein, OF. sodain, sudain, F. soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, p.p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, secretly + ire to go. See Issue, and cf. Subitaneous.]
1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. "O sudden wo!" Chaucer. "For fear of sudden death." Shak. Sudden fear troubleth thee. Job xxii. 10.
2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid. Never was such a sudden scholar made. Shak. The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye. Milton.
3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn.
— Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for.
— Sud"den*ly, adv.
— Sud"den*ness, n.
SUDDEN
Sud"den, adv.
Defn: Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]
Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. Milton.