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adjective
Etymology: Latin gelidus, from gelu frost, cold — more at cold
Date: 1599
extremely cold ; icy <gelid water> <a man of gelid reserve — New Yorker> • gelidity noun • gelidly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gelid
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Gelid — Gel id (j[e^]l [i^]d), a. [L. gelidus, fr. gelu frost, cold. See {Cold}, and cf. {Congeal}, {Gelatin}, {Jelly}.] Cold; very cold; frozen. Gelid founts. Thompson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gelīd — (v. lat.), eiskalt; daher Gelidĭtät, eisige Kälte … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Gelid — Gelid, lat. gelidus, kalt; eisig … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
gelid — c.1600, from L. gelidus “icy cold,” from gelum “frost, intense cold” (see COLD (Cf. cold) (adj.)) … Etymology dictionary
gelid — icy, frigid, freezing, frosty, *cold, glacial, arctic, cool, chilly … New Dictionary of Synonyms
gelid — [jel′id] adj. [L gelidus < gelu, frost: see GELATIN] extremely cold; frozen gelidity [jē lid′ə tē] n … English World dictionary
gelid — adjective /ˈdʒɛl.ɪd/ Very cold; icy or frosty. A man of gelid reserve. See Also: gel, gelatin … Wiktionary
gelid — gelidity /jeuh lid i tee/, gelidness, n. gelidly, adv. /jel id/, adj. very cold; icy. [1600 10; < L gelidus icy cold, equiv. to gel(um) frost, cold + idus ID4] * * * … Universalium
gelid — Synonyms and related words: Siberian, algid, arctic, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, blast frozen, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, congealed, cool, crisp,… … Moby Thesaurus
gèlid — gè|lid Mot Pla Adjectiu variable … Diccionari Català-Català
