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caldarium

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cal⋅dar⋅i⋅um

[kal-dair-ee-uhm]
–noun, plural -dar⋅i⋅a [-dair-ee-uh] .
(in an ancient Roman bath) a room having a hot bath.

Origin:
1745–55; < L: n. use of neut. of caldārius of warming, equiv. to cal(i)d(us) warm (cal(ēre) to be warm + -idus -id 4 ) + -ārius -ary; see -ium, -arium
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