Acold

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Feeling cold. archaic, literary, not-comparable

    "c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i Poor Tom's acold."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of persons; feeling cold wordnet

Synonyms

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cold

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"c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i Poor Tom's acold."

Etymology

From Middle English acoled (past participle of acolen (“to grow cold or cool”)), from Old English ācōlod (past participle of ācōlian (“to grow cold”)), equivalent to a- + cold.

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