caldarium

noun — 3 senses

caldarium

noun

UK /kælˈdɛəɹi.əm/ · US /kælˈdɛɹi.əm/

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

Historical 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

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences An intermediate or warm greenhouse.

  • There is a pretty large glass-house, one-half being a caldarium, the other a tepidarium1851, The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine, page 184:

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