gelid adj : extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" [syn: arctic, frigid, glacial, icy, polar]

English

Etymology

First attested in 1630. From gelidus from gelum.

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʒɛl.ɪd/

Adjective

1. Very cold; icy or frosty.
   • New Yorker.

     A man of gelid reserve.

   • 2005 - Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams

     In the worst of summer the tower remained cool, yet the air seemed feverish and gelid when sisters of different Ajahs came too close.

Related terms

• gel
• gelatin
• gelidly

Translations

Siberian, algid, arctic, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, blast-frozen, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, congealed, cool, crisp, cutting, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, frostbitten, frostnipped, frosty, frozen, frozen solid, glacial, hibernal, hiemal, hyperborean, ice, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, icy-cold, inclement, keen, nipping, nippy, numbing, penetrating, piercing, pinching, quick-frozen, raw, rigorous, severe, sharp, sharp-frozen, sleety, slushy, snappy, stone-cold, subzero, supercooled, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry