acold

Definition

Feeling cold.

Etymology

From Middle English acoled (past participle of acolen (“to grow cold or cool”)), from Old English ācōlod (past participle of ācōlian (“to grow cold”)), equivalent to a- + cold.

Example Sentences

• "c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i Poor Tom's acold."
• "When, for all his feathers, he’s acold, the bird plunges from his perch head foremost into the snow."
• "To debate with Tao-an would be for me like drink to one who is athirst, like fire to one who is acold."