wintry, wintery
(adjective) characteristic of or occurring in winter; “suffered severe wintry weather”; “brown wintry grasses”
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
wintry (comparative wintrier, superlative wintriest)
Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
Of precipitation, containing sleet or snow.
Aged, white-haired.
Chilling, cheerless.
• (suggestive or characteristic of winter): brumal, hibernal, hiemal
Source: Wiktionary
Win"try, a. Etym: [AS. wintrig.]
Definition: Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery. Touch our chilled hearts with vernal smile, Our wintry course do thou beguile. Keble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
