Frosty
adj, name ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Cold, chilly; icy.
"The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets."
- 2 Having frost on it or in it.
"The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year."
- 3 Having an aloof or inhospitable manner. figuratively
"After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex."
- 1 pleasantly cold and invigorating wordnet
- 2 covered with frost wordnet
- 3 devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain wordnet
- 1 A generic name for a snowman.
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More examples"Sometimes on a winter's night the Snow Queen flies through the streets of the town, and breathes with her frosty breath upon the windows, and then they are covered with strange and beautiful forms, like trees and flowers."
Etymology
From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).
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