prickly heat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹɪk li ˈhit/ (US)
Etymology
1730-40, Americanism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) miliaria
My poor boy, how the prickly heat has marked your forehead! Have you ever tried sulphate of copper in water?
1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 82: