frosty
adj/ˈfɹɒsti/UK/ˈfɹɔsti/US
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”).
Definitions
Cold, chilly
Cold, chilly; icy.
- The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.
- I'd like a frosty milkshake.
- It was late at night and frosty[.]
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.
- The frosty beverage gave him a brain freeze.
Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.
- After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.
- Chilly from the start, she grows ever frostier as the book proceeds, partly because Mr. Martin has difficulty translating her sexual abandon to anything beyond “sexual due process.”
- Network Rail had previously been reported to be frosty about reopening the South Sub [South Suburban Railway] to passenger traffic - but things appear to have changed.
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A generic name for a snowman.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA