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    [Adjective]  | "cold" | \ ˈkōld \


    1: having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans

    2: having a relatively low temperature or one lower than normal or expected

    3: not heated: such as


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, going back to Old English cald (Anglian), ceald (West Saxon), going back to Germanic *kalða- (whence Old Saxon cald "cold," Middle Dutch cout, Old High German kalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds), verbal adjective from *kalan- "to be cold" (whence Old English calan "to be cold, to make cold," Old Norse kala "to freeze") going back to a dialectal Indo-European base *ǵel-, *ǵol-, whence also Latin gelū, gelus "frost, cold," gelāre "to freeze, chill";

    [Adjective]  | "coldish" 


    1: having a low or subnormal temperature;


      * e.g., " ... believe it or not, the weather was coldish the whole time we were in Florida "





    2: lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling;


      * e.g., " ... a coldish reply that told me that she wasn't prepared to bury the hatchet just yet "





    [Adjective]  | "cold" 


    1: having a low or subnormal temperature;


      * e.g., " ... the cold climate of the Yukon "





    2: lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling;


      * e.g., " ... the prisoners got only a cold stare when they tried to befriend the guard "





    3: having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others;


      * e.g., " ... received a cold reception from the hostess "





     [ "coldish" ]

    1: When you're feeling cold, but not too cold.

      * e.g.,  ... "Can you turn up the A/C, I'm feeling coldish" 

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