frosty

See also: Frosty

English

Etymology

From Middle English frosty; equivalent to frost +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒsti

Adjective

frosty (comparative frostier, superlative frostiest)

1. Cold, chilly.

   The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.

   I'd like a frosty milkshake.

2. Having frost on it.

   The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.

3. (figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.

   After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.

Translations

cold, chilly

• Azerbaijani: ayaz (az)
• Bulgarian: мразовит (bg) (mrazovit)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酷寒的 (zh) (kù hán de)

• Czech: mrazivý (cs)
• Dutch: vorstig (nl)
• Finnish: jäätävä (fi), jääkylmä (fi)
• French: froid (fr), gelé (fr), givré (fr), glacial (fr)
• Galician: xeadento, xélido (gl)
• German: frostig (de)

• Greek:

  Ancient: παχνώδης (pakhnṓdēs)

• Ido: koldeta (io)
• Italian: gelido (it), ghiacciato (it), gelato (it)
• Plautdietsch: frostich
• Polish: mroźny (pl)
• Portuguese: gélido (pt)
• Russian: моро́зный (ru) (moróznyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: reòta
• Welsh: rhewllyd (cy)

having frost on it

• Bulgarian: заскрежен (zaskrežen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被霜覆盖的 (bèi shuāng fù gài de)

• Finnish: huurteinen (fi)
• French: givré (fr), gelé (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: παχνώδης (pakhnṓdēs)

• Italian: coperto di ghiaccio
• Latin: pruīnōsus
• Plautdietsch: frostich
• Polish: oszroniony
• Portuguese: geado
• Scottish Gaelic: reòta

having an aloof or inhospitable manner

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冷漠的 (zh) (lěng mò)

• Finnish: jäätävä (fi)

• French: froid (fr), glacial (fr)
• Polish: lodowaty (pl)

Derived terms

• frosty one
• stay frosty

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• frosti, forsty

Etymology

From frost +‎ -y. Compare Old English fyrstiġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔstiː/, /ˈfɔrstiː/

Adjective

frosty

1. Cold, freezing, frosty; being or experiencing cold.
2. (rare) White (of a beard)

Descendants

• English: frosty
• Scots: frosty

References

• “frostī (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-02.