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Definition of gelid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gelid

adjective
 
/ˈdʒelɪd/
 
/ˈdʒelɪd/
(literary)
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  1. covered with ice or very cold
    • a gelid pond
  2. unfriendly
    • a gelid reply
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin gelidus, from gelu ‘frost, intense cold’.
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