acold
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of acold
before 900; Middle English acolde, Old English ācolod, past participle of ācōlian to grow cold. See a- 3, cool, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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It was only four days before curtain time, but the Metropolitan Opera's brave new production of Mozart's Cos� Fan Tutte was trembling and acold.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now is my last hour come; and here is Hallblithe of the Raven perishing, with his deeds undone and his longing unfulfilled, and his bridal-bed acold for ever.
From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by Morris, William
My caldron would grow acold And never again would bubble up, If touched by her thread of gold.
From The Rescue of the Princess Winsome A Fairy Play for Old and Young by Bacon, Albion Fellows
She might rightly say with Shakspeare, "Poor Tom's acold."
From Without Dogma by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
So I dare not brew thee a spell 'gainst her My caldron would grow acold And never again would bubble up, If touched by her thread of gold.
From The Little Colonel's Hero by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
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