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Complete Definition of "acold"

English

Etymology
Probably a past participle of the ME. verb acolen (grow|to grow cold or cool), from the OE. verb aclian|�clian (to grow cold); from the prefix a- (compare the Gothic er-, originally meaning out) + clian (cool|to cool). See cool.

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. obsolete very|Very cold.

#*circa|c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i
#*:Poor Tom's acold.

vi:acold

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