coolth

English

Etymology

From cool + -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kuːlθ/

Noun

coolth (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness.
   • 1842, Fanny Burney, Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay:

     In the evening my father and Mrs Thrale seated themselves out of doors, just before the Blue-room windows, for coolth and chat; […]

   • 1901, Rudyard Kipling, Kim:

     Through the speckled shadow of the great deodar-forests […] and back into the woodlands’ coolth again […]

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 628:

     The water pushed large blocks of tepid air about around his chair, giving the faint illusion of freshness and coolth.

Anagrams

• Clotho