Both Uses of
sultry
in
Leaves of Grass
- The Originatress comes, The nest of languages, the bequeather of poems, the race of eld, Florid with blood, pensive, rapt with musings, hot with passion, Sultry with perfume, with ample and flowing garments, With sunburnt visage, with intense soul and glittering eyes, The race of Brahma comes.†
Chpt 18 *
- Washington's Monument February, 1885 Ah, not this marble, dead and cold: Far from its base and shaft expanding—the round zones circling, comprehending, Thou, Washington, art all the world's, the continents' entire—not yours alone, America, Europe's as well, in every part, castle of lord or laborer's cot, Or frozen North, or sultry South—the African's—the Arab's in his tent, Old Asia's there with venerable smile, seated amid her ruins; (Greets the antique the hero new?†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(sultry as in: a sultry voice) expressing or arousing sensual desire -- especially in reference to a woman's appearance or voice