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FROSTY
crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy
(adjective) pleasantly cold and invigorating; “crisp clear nights and frosty mornings”; “a nipping wind”; “a nippy fall day”; “snappy weather”
frosty, rimed, rimy
(adjective) covered with frost; “a frosty glass”; “hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost”-Wm.Faulkner
frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
(adjective) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; “a frigid greeting”; “got a frosty reception”; “a frozen look on their faces”; “a glacial handshake”; “icy stare”; “wintry smile”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
frosty (comparative frostier, superlative frostiest)
Cold, chilly.
Having frost on it.
(figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.
Proper noun
Frosty
A generic name for a snowman.
Source: Wiktionary
Frost"y, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. fyrstig.]
1. Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.
2. Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty.
3. Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage. Johnson.
4. Appearing as if covered with hoarfrost; white; gray-haired; as, a frosty head. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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