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caldarium

noun
/kælˈdɛəɹi.əm/UK/kælˈdɛɹi.əm/US

Etymology

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”).

  1. derived from caldārium — “room containing warm water for bathing”

Definitions

  1. In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and…

    In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.

  2. In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.

  3. An intermediate or warm greenhouse.

    • There is a pretty large glass-house, one-half being a caldarium, the other a tepidarium

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