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scalding

adj

Etymology

From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.

  1. derived from excaldo — “bathe in hot water”
  2. derived from escalder
  3. inherited from scalden
  4. suffixed as scalding — “scald + ing”

Definitions

  1. Hot enough to burn.

  2. Scorching

    Scorching; scathing.

    • a scalding attack on his critics

  3. present participle and gerund of scald

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An instance of scalding

      An instance of scalding: a burn.

    2. Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland…

      Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.

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