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Definition of Chilliness
1. Noun. The property of being moderately cold. "The chilliness of early morning"
Generic synonyms: Cold, Coldness, Frigidity, Frigidness, Low Temperature
Derivative terms: Chilly, Cool, Nippy
2. Noun. A lack of affection or enthusiasm. "A distressing coldness of tone and manner"
Generic synonyms: Emotionlessness, Unemotionality
Specialized synonyms: Stone, Lukewarmness, Tepidness
Derivative terms: Cold, Cold, Cold, Cool, Frigid, Frigid, Icy
Definition of Chilliness
1. n. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
Definition of Chilliness
1. Noun. The state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chilliness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chilliness
Literary usage of Chilliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of homoeopathic practice of physic by Joseph Laurie (1853)
"Alternations of chilliness and heat at night, only chilliness in the night ...
chilliness of the trunk, especially in the fingers, over tho whole body, ..."
2. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"It was snowing, but he did not heed the cold, and the students were made aware
of his presence only when he had become insensible from chilliness and had ..."
3. The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment by Samuel Hahnemann, Charles J Hempel (1846)
"chilliness with shuddering, in the evening, before going to bed. ... chilliness,
at 9 o'clock in the evening, disappearing atter lying down, ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"... to take away the breezy chilliness. - - - COMING up on our new ' Northrn
Sail-road of New-Jersey' the other morning, the annexed hand-bill, ..."
5. A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homoeopathy by Timothy Field Allen (1891)
"Fever: chilliness in the evening, with headache: internal chilliness, particularly
in the back, ... chilliness often associated with rush of blood. ..."
6. What a Woman of Forty-five Ought to Know by Emma Frances Angell Drake (1902)
"Flushes, chilliness, Dizziness, etc.—Effect Upon Sight, Hearing and Other
Senses.—Nervous Symptoms. —The Heart.—Vomiting, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, etc. ..."
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