ACOLD

acold

(adjective) of persons; feeling cold; “Poor Tom’s acold”- Shakespeare

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

acold (not comparable)

(obsolete) Of a person, feeling cold.

Anagrams

• ad loc, ad loc., adcol, clado-

Source: Wiktionary


A*cold", a. Etym: [Prob. p. p. of OE. acolen to grow cold or cool, AS. acolian to grow cold; pref. a- (cf. Goth. er-, orig. meaning out) + colian to cool. See Cool.]

Definition: Cold. [Obs.] "Poor Tom's acold." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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