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noun
In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
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Usage: historical
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noun
In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.
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noun
An intermediate or warm greenhouse.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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History
Unadapted borrowing from Latin caldārium (“room containing warm water for bathing”), substantive of caldārius (“of, pertaining to or suitable for bathing”), from caldus (“warm, hot”) + -ārius, alternative form of calidus, from caleō (“to be warm or hot; glow”).
