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Definition of Gelid
1. Adjective. Extremely cold. "Polar weather"
Definition of Gelid
1. a. Cold; very cold; frozen.
Definition of Gelid
1. Adjective. Very cold; icy or frosty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gelid
1. icy [adj] : GELIDLY [adv] - See also: icy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gelid
Literary usage of Gelid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand, To winnow fragrance round.the smiling
land. The mass of blood Within me Is a standing lake of fire. ..."
2. English Synonyms Discriminated by William Taylor (1856)
"In the english language, more than in the other gothic dialects, frosty is a
definite idea; and is used for gelid, or having the power of congelation ..."
3. Thoughts on Matter and Force: Or, Marvels that Encompass Us ; Comprising by Thomas Ewbank (1858)
"... and the concrete in the spheres—The former gelid and of equal tenuity—Why the
spheres are concre'.e; their permanency of form and volume and uniform ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"gelid had been swaying himself backwards and forwards, half asleep, ... Yes, dear
gelid, so sure as you have been landed down on your posteriors now, ah, ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"gelid, cool, cold. (L.) ' Dwells in their gelid pores ; ' Thomson, Autumn, 642.
... Der. gelid-ly, gelid-ness. Doublet, cool. gemmi-par-ovs, bud-producing ..."
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