ice-calm

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ice +‎ calm

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

ice-calm (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Extremely calm

Noun[edit]

ice-calm (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Extreme calm, utter calmness
    • 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian‎[1]:
      There was no distracting Rosol's ice-calm as he killed the fifth set and match. Ace, cross-court forehand winner, ace, forehand winner – a blistering eighth game took him to 5-3 and informed Nadal precisely how nerveless the Czech was.
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