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noun
The condition of being hot, heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a hot spiciness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pepperiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spiciness, spice, spicery
noun
the presence of heat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: heat, high temperature
Antonyms: coldness
Broader terms: temperature
Narrower terms: calefaction, incalescence, fieriness, red heat, torridity, warmth, warmness, white heat
noun
a state of sexual arousal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: horniness, hot pants
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sexual arousal
History
From Middle English hotnes, from Old English hātnes (“hotness, heat”), equivalent to hot + -ness.
Across languages
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