Definitions
Etymologies
- First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus ("cold"), from gelu ("frost"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin gelidus, from gelū, frost; see gel- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“According to the company, the name comes from "The English word" gelid "[which] is derived from the Latin word" gelidus "(extremely cold, icy).”
“The English word "gelid" is derived from the Latin word "gelidus" (extremely”
“The door shut, lifting dust into the gelid flaming moon.”
“He sprang back clutching the flesh over his gelid heart.”
“The door shut behind him, lifting dust into the gelid flaming moon of that night.”
“His face had been gelid as a glacier throughout the semester, but now, I thought I saw him smile.”
“It was a gelid 12 degrees, hardly weather to view public art, but I can be contrarian.”
The Huffington Post: Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: The Otterness Blizzard
“There is, for instance, something perturbingly gelid about the satisfaction with which he describes the jacket he wore to visit his wife on her deathbed ( "punk Harris tweed with a Rhodesian flag on the back and an Umbro label on the front", since you ask).”
The Guardian: Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow by Detmar Blow
“Ghosts six feet under, the gelid indifference and bland, sneering laughter of mutants with money, dreams sucked from marrow and spit into gutters ...”
“You don't need to see the fin, count the teeth, stare into the gelid, dead eye to know how close you just came to disaster.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gelid’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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phrontistery - g
from phrontistery.info
gabardine, gabbart, gabble, gabbro, gabelle, gabion, gablock, gad, gadarene, gadoid, gadroon, gadzookery and 439 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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cicatrix
scar tissue
minatory, naira, Cluniac, embracive, prolix, hierophant, timorous, adduce, veracious, dysphoric, sang-froid, vitiate and 503 more...
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truman486's list
Masterbatory Aids
ensorcelled, scintilla, maudlin, lugubrious, frisson, praxis, copasetic, crotch, corollary, bandy, undulating, anthropomorphic and 65 more...
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New Words
No definite conception of these words.
reggaeton, fugacious, astray, artillery, quietism, heteronomy, plebeian, remit, hypostasize, discountenance, rictus, wail and 60 more...
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Character traits
Falstaffian, drumble, despond, grotesque, élan, anile, feal, smart aleck, phat, blowsy, haver, hoary and 18 more...
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For the sound of it
delineate, ubiquarian, abaculus, gelid, stem-winder, alpenglow, ligature, corpuscle, corroboree, columnar, cuboidal, squamous and 10 more...
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Autumnal to me
treescape, autumn, abacus, gable, gelid, frondescence, orbicular, adversaria, arborescent, obfuscate, vulneration, anastomosis and 2 more...
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Flip your lid
gelid, eyelid, annelid, chilidog, holiday, stolid, cichlid, consolidate, pallid, sipunculid, valid, squalid and 71 more...
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Words That Mean Things
I found most of these words in books! That means they MUST be good.
flinders, periplus, palaver, midden, cadge, legerdemain, flense, lapidary, geas, bailey, susurration, satoris and 128 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, G
grocer, gabanergic, gabardine, gabbro, gaffe, gneiss, grapple, grosgrain, grommet, gratify, gossamer, goofy and 194 more...
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The Last Werewolf
This novel by Glen Duncan, aside from being a ripping yarn and beautifully written, is just littered with words that I had to look up and discover that often his use of the word not only fitted per...
gurns, bok, chimney breast, dichotomy, Platonic form, filthy, Platonic Form, mathematics, BAM, skirls, clarity, blundering and 298 more...
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Naresh_Gre
The path meanders through the vineyards
meander, labyrinth, Sinuous, gyrate, caron, awry, credo, banter, juxtaposition, argot, inexorable, foibles and 223 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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Words I will probably never use
décolleté, pendragon, amerce, viviparous, dragoon, brigand, outlaw, outlawry, lugubrious, boor, contretemps, decrepit and 151 more...
Tweets
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Louises The kid's half eaten carcase in a gelid blood soup. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan. Mar 2, 2012
madmouth cold and gel are etymologically related words May 14, 2009
yarb Spätlese cooling in the gelid spring.
- Peter Reading, C, 1984 Jul 4, 2008
chained_bear "'...my collections come from one of the driest parts of the whole terraneous globe. They need very careful attention... Once they are tumbled and tossed unprepared, on the gelid billows, all is lost—their pristine glory is gone for ever.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 232 Mar 16, 2008
brtom Gelid light and air were in the kitchen but out of doors gentle summer morning everywhere.
Joyce, Ulysses, 4 Dec 30, 2006