acold

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English acoled (past participle of acolen (to grow cold or cool)), from Old English ācōlod (past participle of ācōlian (to grow cold)), equivalent to a- +‎ cooled.

Adjective[edit]

acold (not comparable)

  1. (archaic or literary) Feeling cold.
    • c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i
      Poor Tom's acold.
    • 1897 January, Paul Van Dyke, “After Caribou on Snow-Shoes”, in Outing, volume 29, number 4, page 363:
      When, for all his feathers, he’s acold, the bird plunges from his perch head foremost into the snow.
    • 1960, “The Story of Hui-yüan”, in Arthur Waley, transl., Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang: An Anthology, page 120:
      To debate with Tao-an would be for me like drink to one who is athirst, like fire to one who is acold.

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