overcold

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English overcold, equivalent to over- +‎ cold.

Adjective[edit]

overcold (comparative more overcold, superlative most overcold)

  1. Excessively cold.
    • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: [] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston [], and B[enjamin] Took, [], →OCLC:
      application of over-cold Medicaments