algid

[ al-jid ]

adjective

1. cold; chilly.

algid

/ ˈældʒɪd /

adjective

1. med chilly or cold

Derived Forms

• alˈgidity, noun

Other Words From

• al·gidi·ty algid·ness 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

The skin is perceptibly cold in the algid stage of cholera.

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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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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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Equally ineffectual are other means used for communicating heat to the algid body and thereby reviving its functions.

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Related Words

• bitter
• bleak
• brisk
• chilled
• cool
• crisp
• frigid
• frosty
• frozen
• icy
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