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View synonyms for algid

algid

[ al-jid ]

adjective

  1. cold; chilly.


algid

/ ˈældʒɪd /

adjective

  1. med chilly or cold
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • alˈgidity, noun
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Other Words From

  • al·gidi·ty algid·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of algid1

1620–30; < Latin algidus “cold,” from algēre “to be cold”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of algid1

C17: from Latin algidus, from algēre to be cold
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Example Sentences

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.

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