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Definition of Frosty

1. Adjective. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. "Wintry smile"

2. Adjective. Covered with frost. "Hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"

3. Adjective. Pleasantly cold and invigorating. "Snappy weather"

Definition of Frosty

1. a. Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.

Definition of Frosty

1. Proper noun. A generic name for a snowman. ¹

2. Adjective. Cold, chilly. ¹

3. Adjective. Having frost on it. ¹

4. Adjective. (figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frosty

1. covered with frost [adj FROSTIER, FROSTIEST] : FROSTILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frosty

frostinglike frostings frostless frostlike frostline frostlines frostnip frostnips frostproof frosts

frostweed frostweeds frostwork frostworks frostwort frosty (current term) froterer froth froth at the mouth froth pack

frothed frother frothers frothery frothier frothiest frothily frothiness frothinesses

Literary usage of Frosty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1847)
"frosty: cloudy: clear and frosty. 13. frosty: cloudy: severe frost at night. ... Rain: clear and frosty at night. 22. Slight frost and fog : fine : clear. ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1853)
"Clear and frosty : fine : clear, with sharp frost at night. 22. frosty : rain: overcast. ... Clear and frosty : cold dry air : clear and frosty at night. ..."

3. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"Clear and frosty. Guns heard down the river. Some 700 barrels of flour were ... Clear and frosty. We learn vaguely that the attack on the defenses of ..."

4. Hall's Journal of Health by W. W. Hall (1867)
"Few have failed to observe' what a vigor and elasticity are imparted to both mind and body by a frosty atmosphere, and what a loss of all these there is in ..."

5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"While frosty winds blaw in the drift, . . Ep. to Davie. ... They bar the door on frosty win's ; . The Tiva Dogs. го. Loud blaw the frosty breezes, 0'. ..."

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