icy

See also: Icy

English

Alternative forms

• icey (rare)
• ycie (obsolete)

Etymology

ice +‎ -y; cf. Old English īsiġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsi/

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• Rhymes: -aɪsi

Adjective

icy (comparative icier, superlative iciest)

1. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
2. Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
3. Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.
   • 2009, Sharon Kendrick, The Desert Princes Bundle: The Sheikh's English Bride

     Gone was the gleam of desire, and the teasingly provocative remarks, and Alexa realised the truth in the saying that indifference was death. His demeanour was haughty and icy towards her.

4. (US, slang) To be wearing an excessive amount of jewelry, especially of the high-quality and expensive kind.
   • 2003, “Patiently Waiting”, in Curtis Jackson, Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo (lyrics), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent:

     Your bitch's a regular bitch, you're calling her wifey, I fucked her, I feed her fast food, you're keeping her icy.

Related terms

• icily
• iciness

Translations

pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice

• Afrikaans: ysig
• Arabic: جَلِيدِيّ (jalīdiyy)
• Belarusian: ледзяны́ (ljedzjaný), лёдавы (ljódavy), лядо́вы (ljadóvy)
• Bulgarian: ле́ден (bg) (léden)
• Czech: ledový (cs), mrazivý (cs)
• Dutch: ijzig (nl)
• Esperanto: glacia
• Finnish: jäinen (fi)
• French: glacé (fr), glacial (fr)
• German: eisig (de), Eis- (de)
• Ido: glacia (io), glaciala (io), glaciatra (io)
• Latin: glaciālis
• Macedonian: леден (leden)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: isete

• Persian: یخی (fa) (yaxi)
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• Plautdietsch: iesich
• Polish: lodowaty (pl), lodowy (pl)
• Portuguese: gélido (pt)
• Russian: ледяно́й (ru) (ledjanój), ледо́вый (ru) (ledóvyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: reòta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ле̏дан

  Roman: lȅdan (sh)

• Shor: мустуғ (mustuğ)
• Slovak: ľadový
• Slovene: leden
• Spanish: helado (es)
• Swedish: isig (sv)
• Ukrainian: льодяни́й (lʹodjanýj), крижани́й (kryžanýj), льодови́й (lʹodovýj)
• Volapük: gladik (vo)

covered with ice

• Arabic: جَلِيدِيّ (jalīdiyy)
• Belarusian: ледзяны́ (ljedzjaný), абледзяне́лы (abljedzjanjély)
• Bulgarian: заледе́н (bg) (zaledén)
• Czech: zledovatělý (cs)
• Esperanto: glacia
• Finnish: jäinen (fi), jääpeitteinen
• French: glacé (fr)
• German: eisig (de)
• Ido: glacia (io), glaciala (io), glaciatra (io)
• Irish: reoite, oighreata
• Latin: glaciālis
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: isbelagt, islagt

• Plautdietsch: iesich
• Portuguese: congelado (pt)
• Russian: ледяно́й (ru) (ledjanój), обледене́лый (ru) (obledenélyj), заледене́вший (ru) (zaledenévšij), обледене́вший (ru) (obledenévšij)
• Scottish Gaelic: reòta
• Spanish: cubierto de hielo (es)
• Turkish: buzlu (tr)
• Ukrainian: льодяни́й (lʹodjanýj), обледені́лий (obledenílyj)

extremely cold, frigid

• Afrikaans: ysig
• Belarusian: ледзяны́ (ljedzjaný)
• Bulgarian: мразови́т (bg) (mrazovít)
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• French: gelé (fr) m
• Irish: préachta, sioctha
• Latin: gelidus
• Maori: mātaratara
• Russian: ледяно́й (ru) (ledjanój), моро́зный (ru) (moróznyj)

characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.

• Bulgarian: студе́н (bg) (studén)
• Czech: ledový (cs)
• Dutch: ijskoud (nl)
• Finnish: jäätävä (fi), jääkylmä (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: isnende

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• Portuguese: gélido (pt)
• Russian: ледяно́й (ru) (ledjanój), холо́дный (ru) (xolódnyj)

References

• “icy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “icy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• CyI

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Middle French

Adverb

icy

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Descendants

• French: ici