cool
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Etymology 1
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From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz, *kōluz (“cool”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian köil (“cool”), West Frisian koel (“cool”), Dutch koel (“cool”), Limburgish kool (“cool”), German Low German köhl (“cool”), German kühl (“cool”). Related to cold.
Adjective
cool (comparative cooler, superlative coolest)
- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: […] .
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- a cool grey colour
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess[1]:
- Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
- Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
- His proposals had a cool reception.
- Calmly audacious.
- In control as always, he came up with a cool plan.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “V. Hester at her Needle”, in The Scarlet Letter[2]:
- Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- (Can we date this quote by Henry Fielding and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- He had lost a cool hundred.
- (Can we date this quote by Charles Dickens and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket
- 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
- My father was talking to the World's Fair Commission yesterday, and they estimate it's going to cost a cool fifty million.
- (Can we date this quote by Henry Fielding and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- 2017 December 27, “The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in the Guardian[3]:
- He managed to conduct interviews with the least cool global figure – his father, Prince Charles – and the most cool, Barack Obama, in a way that allowed them both to look as good as they could.
- (informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
- The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
- (informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
- Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?
- (informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
- I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.
- Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
- 1868, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
- "Well, that's cool," said Laurie to himself, "to have a picnic and never ask me!"
- 1868, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Synonyms
- (having a slightly low temperature) chilly
- (not showing emotion) distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional
- (in fashion)
- (standard) à la mode, fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish
- (colloquial or slang) happening, hip, in, trendy
- (acceptable) acceptable, all right, OK
- (not upset) easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed
Antonyms
- (having a slightly low temperature) lukewarm, tepid, warm
- (not showing emotion) passionate
- (knowing what to do and how to behave) awkward, uncool
- (in fashion) démodé, old hat, out, out of fashion
- (acceptable) not cricket (UK), not on, unacceptable
- (not upset) bothered, upset
- (unenthusiastic) warm
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Noun
cool (uncountable)
- A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
- in the cool of the morning
- A calm temperament.
- The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
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Etymology 2
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From Middle English colen, from Old English cōlian (“to cool, grow cold, be cold”), from Proto-Germanic *kōlēną (“to become cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to freeze”). Cognate with Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Swedish kyla (“to cool, refrigerate”). Also partially from Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, be cold, become cold”), from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”), altered to resemble the adjective cool. See keel.
Verb
cool (third-person singular simple present cools, present participle cooling, simple past and past participle cooled)
- (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
- I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
- (transitive) To make cooler, less warm.
- Bible, Luke xvi. 24:
- Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.
- Bible, Luke xvi. 24:
- (figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
- (transitive) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (transitive) To kill.
- 1965, "Sex Jungle" (narrated in Perversion for Profit)
- Maybe he would die. That would mean I had murdered him. I smiled, trying the idea on for size. One of the things that always had cheesed me a little was that I had no kills to my credit. I'd been in plenty of rumbles, but somehow, I'd never cooled anyone. Well maybe now I had my first one. I couldn't feel very proud of skulling an old man, but at least I could say that I'd scored. That was a big kick.
- 1965, "Sex Jungle" (narrated in Perversion for Profit)
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References
- “cool”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “cool”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Dutch
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
cool (comparative cooler, superlative coolst)
- cool, fashionable
Inflection
Declension of cool | ||||
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uninflected | cool | |||
inflected | coole | |||
comparative | cooler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | cool | cooler | het coolst het coolste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | coole | coolere | coolste |
n. sing. | cool | cooler | coolste | |
plural | coole | coolere | coolste | |
definite | coole | coolere | coolste | |
partitive | cools | coolers | — |
French
Etymology
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Adjective
cool (invariable)
- cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
- Les jeunes sont cool.
- Young people are cool.
- Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool.
- Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
- Les jeunes sont cool.
Interjection
cool
- cool! great!
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German
Etymology
From English cool, from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz (cf. German kühl)
Pronunciation
Adjective
cool (comparative cooler, superlative am coolsten)
- (colloquial) cool (in its informal senses)
- (colloquial) cool, calm, easy-going
Declension
Further reading
- “cool” in Duden online
Spanish
Adjective
cool (feminine coola, masculine and feminine plural cools or cool)
- cool (in its informal sense)
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
cool (comparative coolare, superlative coolast)
- cool! great!
Declension
Inflection of cool | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | cool | coolare | coolast |
Neuter singular | coolt | coolare | coolast |
Plural | coola | coolare | coolast |
Masculine plural3 | coole | coolare | coolast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | coole | coolare | coolaste |
All | coola | coolare | coolaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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