acold

English - English

Definition of acold in English English dictionary

Of a person, feeling cold

Poor Tom's acold.

of persons; feeling cold; "Poor Tom's acold"- Shakespeare

Very cold

Cold

Hyphenation

a·cold

Etymology

() Probably a past participle of the Middle English verb acolen (to grow cold or cool), from the Old English verb āclian (to grow cold); from the prefix a- (compare the Gothic er-, originally meaning out) + clian (to cool). See cool.