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acold

adj

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.

  1. inherited from ācōlod
  2. inherited from acoled

Definitions

  1. Feeling cold.

    • c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i Poor Tom's acold.
    • When, for all his feathers, he’s acold, the bird plunges from his perch head foremost into the snow.
    • To debate with Tao-an would be for me like drink to one who is athirst, like fire to one who is acold.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA