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Definition of gelid in English English dictionary
- Very cold; icy or frosty
In the worst of summer the tower remained cool, yet the air seemed feverish and gelid when sisters of different Ajahs came too close.
- {a} extremely or very cold, cold as cel
- {s} icy, freezing, very cold
- Cold; very cold; frozen
- \JEL-id\, adjective: Extremely cold; icy
- very cold
- extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
- very cold (gelidus, from gelu )
- gelidity
- The state of being gelid
- gelidity
- coldness due to a cold environment
- gelidity
- {i} coldness, freezing cold, iciness
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Etymology
() First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (“cold”) from gelu (“frost”).Resimler
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