coolth

English

Etymology

cool +‎ -th

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːlθ/

Noun

coolth (usually uncountable, plural coolths)

1. 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.

   • 2012, David Crichton, Fergus Nicol, Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change:

     This they do, not only convectively by passing cooler air over the skins of building occupants, but also using radiant coolth.

Antonyms

• warmth

Anagrams

• Clotho