cauldrife

British  

/ ˈkɔːldrɪf /

adjective

1. susceptible to cold; chilly

2. lifeless

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Etymology

Origin of cauldrife

C18: from _cauld + _rife

Example Sentences

Nae linties lilt on hedge or bush: Poor things! they suffer sairly; In cauldrife quarters a' the nicht, A' day they feed but sparely.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

I'm wae for the puir Whiggies, that winna hear honest doctrine an' flee to the hills and hags—nesty, uncanny, cauldrife places that the very muir-fowl winna clock on.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"Care 's cauldrife," he said, and strode on.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

Shall hapless prudence shake its pow, Shall cauldrife caution fear, Oh, dinna, dinna droun the lowe, That lichts a heaven here!

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

But at threescore and upward, men's courage turns cauldrife; and they that canna win a living, must not endanger the small sustenance of their age.

From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir