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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