gelid

gelid
adjective
gel·;id ;je-l;d
Synonyms of gelid
: extremely cold : icy
gelid water
a man of gelid reserve
—New Yorker
gelidity
j;-;li-d;-t;
je-
 noun
gelidly
;je-l;d-l;
 adverb


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Synonyms
algid
arctic
bitter
bone-chilling
chill
chilly
cold
coldish
cool
coolish
freezing
frigid
frosty
glacial
ice-cold
icy
nipping
nippy
numbing
polar
shivery
snappy
wintry
wintery
Examples of gelid in a Sentence
the Titanic passengers could not long survive the gelid waters of the North Atlantic
the judge listened with the gelid detachment of someone who had heard it all before
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Moss brought an uncanny, even creepy quality to the character which added to the show’s gelid mystique.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2022
Instead, most of its plasma comes from icy volcanism on Enceladus, a gelid moon that erupts water-ice slush from deep crevasses around its south pole.
—Robin Andrews, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022

Word History
Etymology
Latin gelidus, from gelu frost, cold — more at cold

First Known Use
1599, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gelid was in 1599
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