ice-cold
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See also: ice cold
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English *is-cold, from Old English īsċeald; equivalent to ice + cold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ieskoold (“ice-cold”), West Frisian iiskâld (“ice-cold”), Dutch ijskoud (“ice-cold”), Afrikaans yskoud (“ice-cold”), German Low German ieskold (“ice-cold”), German eiskalt (“ice-cold”), Yiddish אײַזקאַלט (ayzkalt, “ice-cold”), Danish iskold (“ice-cold”), Swedish iskall (“ice-cold”), Norwegian iskald (“ice-cold”), Faroese ísakaldur (“ice-cold”), Icelandic ískaldur (“ice-cold”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ice-cold (comparative more ice-cold, superlative most ice-cold)
- As cold as ice; very cold.
- Synonym: cold as ice
- 1966, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon:
- Now I'm sitting here
Sipping on my ice-cold beer
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
- (figurative) Without emotion; distant.
- Synonym: icy
Translations
as cold as ice
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