Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Very cold; icy: synonym: cold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cold; very cold; icy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Cold; very cold; frozen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Very
cold ;icy orfrosty .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extremely cold
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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According to the company, the name comes from "The English word" gelid "[which] is derived from the Latin word" gelidus "(extremely cold, icy)."
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The English word "gelid" is derived from the Latin word "gelidus" (extremely
OCTools 2009
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It was a gelid 12 degrees, hardly weather to view public art, but I can be contrarian.
Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: The Otterness Blizzard Allan M. Jalon 2011
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He sprang back clutching the flesh over his gelid heart.
Happy Landings David Ackley 2011
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It was a gelid 12 degrees, hardly weather to view public art, but I can be contrarian.
Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: The Otterness Blizzard Allan M. Jalon 2011
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It was a gelid 12 degrees, hardly weather to view public art, but I can be contrarian.
Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: The Otterness Blizzard Allan M. Jalon 2011
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The door shut, lifting dust into the gelid flaming moon.
Carolina Grüber: I Ivan R. 2011
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The door shut behind him, lifting dust into the gelid flaming moon of that night.
We Stabbed and a Mighty Scarf Shot Red Ivan R. 2011
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The door shut, lifting dust into the gelid flaming moon.
Carolina Grüber: I Ivan R. 2011
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His face had been gelid as a glacier throughout the semester, but now, I thought I saw him smile.
The Parable of the Spider darkerblogistan 2009
brtom commented on the word gelid
Gelid light and air were in the kitchen but out of doors gentle summer morning everywhere.
Joyce, Ulysses, 4
December 31, 2006
chained_bear commented on the word gelid
"'...my collections come from one of the driest parts of the whole terraneous globe. They need very careful attention... Once they are tumbled and tossed unprepared, on the gelid billows, all is lost—their pristine glory is gone for ever.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 232
March 16, 2008
yarb commented on the word gelid
Spätlese cooling in the gelid spring.
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
July 4, 2008
madmouth commented on the word gelid
cold and gel are etymologically related words
May 14, 2009
Louises commented on the word gelid
The kid's half eaten carcase in a gelid blood soup. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
March 2, 2012
qms commented on the word gelid
She got a surprise, dead Nell did;
She learned of a secret that hell hid:
It’s no fiery bed
But what you most dread.
For warmth-loving Nell it is gelid.
November 13, 2017