sultry

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌltri/

adjective (sultrier, sultriest)

  • 1(of the air or weather) hot and humid: the sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects the air was warm, slightly humid but not sultry
  • 2(especially of a woman or her behaviour) displaying or suggesting a strongly sexual nature: a sultry French au pair

Derivatives

sultrily

adverb

sultriness

noun

Origin:

late 16th century: from obsolete sulter 'swelter'