algid
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- algidity noun
- algidness noun
Etymology
Origin of algid
1620–30; < Latin algidus “cold,” from algēre “to be cold”
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The algid or congestive form occurs more frequently than either of the others.
From Project Gutenberg
Harry felt an algid chill creep over him.
From Project Gutenberg
For, of all the miracles!—I could not doubt—an actual aroma like peach-blossom was in the algid air about me!
From Project Gutenberg
In the comatose form the surface is preternaturally warm, of a muddy, semi-jaundiced hue, and the pulse and temperature both indicate the feverish rather than the algid state.
From Project Gutenberg
If the attack has been very severe, and particularly if the algid stage has been prolonged, fever of a low type is apt to occur, and indeed may terminate fatally.
From Project Gutenberg
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
