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