icy

Definition

Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.

Etymology

From ice + -y; cf. Old English īsiġ.

Example Sentences

• "To go through this experience in bitter winter weather and stumble along the line in the pitch darkness at 6 o'clock in the morning, into an icy-cold foundry, as was the writer's experience, was not too good."
• "With milke-white Hartes vpon an Iuorie ſled, Thou ſhalt be drawen amidſt the froſen Pooles, And ſcale the yſie mountaines lofty tops: Which with thy beautie will be soone reſolu’d."
• "Antarctica is the coldest, iciest place on Earth, which makes the recent warming event particularly worrying for many scientists."