algid

[al-jid]

adjective

1. cold; chilly.

algid

/ ˈældʒɪd /

adjective

1. med chilly or cold

Other Word Forms

• algidity noun
• algidness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of algid¹

1620–30; < Latin algidus “cold,” from algēre “to be cold”

Word History and Origins

Origin of algid¹

C17: from Latin algidus, from algēre to be cold

Example Sentences

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.

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Harry felt an algid chill creep over him.

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For, of all the miracles!—I could not doubt—an actual aroma like peach-blossom was in the algid air about me!

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The algid or congestive form occurs more frequently than either of the others.

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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.

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Related Words

• bitter 
• bleak 
• brisk 
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• frosty 
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• icy 
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