algid

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin algeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin algidusbor.

English algid

Borrowed from Latin algidus (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ălʹjĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈæl.d͡ʒɪd/

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Adjective

algid (comparative more algid, superlative most algid)

1. (medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.

   algid malaria

   • 1875 March 15, J. C. Morgan, More on Typho-Malarial Fever, United States Medical Investigator, New Series, Volume 1, No. 6, page 261,

     […] with cold sweat, blueness, stupidity, no heat, no sort of reaction or remission, intense venous congestion in divers organs, getting steadily worse and worse, more and more algid, wet, and stupid, with death in thirty-six hours.

   • 2002, Eduardo Ibarro-Caldo, “Chapter 8: Organizational paradoxes and business ethics: In search of new modes of existence”, in Stewart Clegg, editor, Management and Organization Paradoxes, page 268:

     The coldest, most algid moments of this savage industrialization, commanded by the Robber Barons (Josephson 1962), were featured in a recent book on the expansionary experience of the railroads, which by 1900, had already built 193,000 miles of track:

   • 2013, Troy Theisen, House of Dred‎^[1], page 194:

     Having such a large amount of skin touching the glass (her feet and her rear) while it grew more and more algid was getting to be quite arrestive.

Derived terms

• algidity
• algidness

Translations

cold, chilly — see also cold,‎ freezing,‎ frigid,‎ gelid

• Bulgarian: студе́н (bg) m (studén)
• Catalan: àlgid (ca)
• Czech: prochladlý
• Dutch: kil (nl), koud (nl)
• Finnish: alilämpöinen
• French: froid (fr), algide (fr)
• German: kalt (de)
• Italian: algido (it) m
• Portuguese: álgido (pt)
• Russian: ледяно́й (ru) (ledjanój), холо́дный (ru) (xolódnyj)
• Spanish: álgido (es), algente (es)
• Swedish: kall (sv), kylig (sv)

Further reading

• “algid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Lagid

Estonian

Noun

algid

1. nominative plural of alk

Livonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɡid/, [ˈɑlˑɡid̥]

Verb

algid

1. second-person plural imperative of ä’b (negative verb)
   • 2013, Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu, Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Riga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN:

     algid āndagid!

     don't give!

   • 2013, Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu, Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Riga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN:

     algid likkõgid!

     don't move!

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French algide.

Adjective

algid m or n (feminine singular algidă, masculine plural algizi, feminine/neuter plural algide)

1. algid

Declension

Declension of algid

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	algid		algidă	algizi	algide
	definite	algidul		algida	algizii	algidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	algid		algide	algizi	algide
	definite	algidului		algidei	algizilor	algidelor

Related terms

• algiditate