algid
[ al-jid ]
/ ˈæl dʒɪd /
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adjective
cold; chilly.
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Origin of algid
1620–30; <Latin algidus “cold,” from algēre “to be cold”
OTHER WORDS FROM algid
al·gid·i·ty, al·gid·ness, nounWords nearby algid
algetic, Al-Ghazzali, Alghero, -algia, algicide, algid, algid stage, Algie, Algiers, algin, alginate
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Example sentences from the Web for algid
The algid or congestive form occurs more frequently than either of the others.
Yet the efficacy of this powerful agency is by no means comparable to that which it produces in the algid forms of malarial fever.
Equally ineffectual are other means used for communicating heat to the algid body and thereby reviving its functions.
British Dictionary definitions for algid
algid
/ (ˈældʒɪd) /
adjective
med chilly or cold
Derived forms of algid
algidity, nounWord Origin for algid
C17: from Latin algidus, from algēre to be cold
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