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Gelid

//ˈd͡ʒɛl.ɪd// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Very cold; icy or frosty. literary

    "Of Cassandra-Marat we have spoken often; yet the most surprising truth remains to be spoken: that he actually does not want sense; but, with croaking gelid throat, croaks out masses of the truth, on several things."

Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely cold wordnet

Etymology

First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelu (“frost”).

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