Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Coolness: the opposite of
warmth . [Now chiefly dialectal.] - noun A cold in the head.
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- noun The state of being
cool , temperature-wise;coolness .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Once I start my new series -- a darker one -- I wonder what I'll have to avoid as well. re: the sponge -- one time I was reading CJ Cherryh and found that I'd used "coolth" in one of my drafts.
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Latinos press Obama to deliver immigration reform - Washington Post Thousands rally in Russia against economic policy - Washington Post UN chief is shown Israeli settlements, barrier - Washington Post Home insulation: Staying 'coolth' without the air-conditioner
nst online 2010
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"coolth" squatting on her dwarf stool at her hut-door, and puffing the preparatory pipe, -- girds her loins for the evening meal, and makes every one "look alive."
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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It's already here as it deliciously unfolds by way of singers Sally Mayes (whose 1989 Broadway bow was in Welcome to the Club), Lillias White (who won her Tony in the Coleman-Gasman The Life) and Rachel York (who let off steam heat in City of Angels) as well as Daniel Burnham (who has an undeniable affinity for the coolth flowing through Coleman's work).
David Finkle: First Nighter: Cy Coleman's Best is Yet to Come is Here Now at 59E59 Theaters David Finkle 2011
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It's already here as it deliciously unfolds by way of singers Sally Mayes (whose 1989 Broadway bow was in Welcome to the Club), Lillias White (who won her Tony in the Coleman-Gasman The Life) and Rachel York (who let off steam heat in City of Angels) as well as Daniel Burnham (who has an undeniable affinity for the coolth flowing through Coleman's work).
David Finkle: First Nighter: Cy Coleman's Best is Yet to Come is Here Now at 59E59 Theaters David Finkle 2011
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It's already here as it deliciously unfolds by way of singers Sally Mayes (whose 1989 Broadway bow was in Welcome to the Club), Lillias White (who won her Tony in the Coleman-Gasman The Life) and Rachel York (who let off steam heat in City of Angels) as well as Daniel Burnham (who has an undeniable affinity for the coolth flowing through Coleman's work).
David Finkle: First Nighter: Cy Coleman's Best is Yet to Come is Here Now at 59E59 Theaters David Finkle 2011
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It's already here as it deliciously unfolds by way of singers Sally Mayes (whose 1989 Broadway bow was in Welcome to the Club), Lillias White (who won her Tony in the Coleman-Gasman The Life) and Rachel York (who let off steam heat in City of Angels) as well as Daniel Burnham (who has an undeniable affinity for the coolth flowing through Coleman's work).
David Finkle: First Nighter: Cy Coleman's Best is Yet to Come is Here Now at 59E59 Theaters David Finkle 2011
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It's already here as it deliciously unfolds by way of singers Sally Mayes (whose 1989 Broadway bow was in Welcome to the Club), Lillias White (who won her Tony in the Coleman-Gasman The Life) and Rachel York (who let off steam heat in City of Angels) as well as Daniel Burnham (who has an undeniable affinity for the coolth flowing through Coleman's work).
David Finkle: First Nighter: Cy Coleman's Best is Yet to Come is Here Now at 59E59 Theaters David Finkle 2011
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It's already here as it deliciously unfolds by way of singers Sally Mayes (whose 1989 Broadway bow was in Welcome to the Club), Lillias White (who won her Tony in the Coleman-Gasman The Life) and Rachel York (who let off steam heat in City of Angels) as well as Daniel Burnham (who has an undeniable affinity for the coolth flowing through Coleman's work).
David Finkle: First Nighter: Cy Coleman's Best is Yet to Come is Here Now at 59E59 Theaters David Finkle 2011
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Trees give me shade, coolth, and a place to anchor my hammock.
What Is It About Treehuggers Anyway? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
shevek commented on the word coolth
n. Opposite of warmth.
(lifted from Star Wars lore)
August 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word coolth
Been around longer than that Shev.
August 27, 2008
shevek commented on the word coolth
Oh okay. That's where I lifted it from anyway.
August 28, 2008
lquilter commented on the word coolth
I recall it from Edward Eager, Magic by the Lake ... written in the 1950s.
August 12, 2009