gelid
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- gelidity noun
- gelidly adverb
- gelidness noun
Etymology
Origin of gelid
1600–10; < Latin gelidus icy cold, equivalent to gel ( um ) frost, cold + -idus -id 4
Example Sentences
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But the Kuiper Belt, a torus-shaped ring of gelid objects, including the dwarf planet Pluto, will have its portrait taken by VRO in considerable detail.
From National Geographic • Jan. 9, 2024
Irresistibly compelled, you book a holiday to the gelid, hostile regions whence the creature came.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2022
This gelid past appealed to Brandon, who loves old things.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2021
It was a sunny, gelid afternoon just after Christmas.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 19, 2017
Hills flattened into nothingness, lowlands rose until they merged with promontories, and every part of Durham was revealed and intelligible in the gelid light.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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