wintry

Definition

Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.

Etymology

From winter + -y; compare Old English wintriġ (a parallel formation).

Example Sentences

• "wintry weather"
• "A faded, and an ancient dragon he was; and many a wintry storm of rain, snow, sleet, and hail, had changed his colour from a gaudy blue to a faint lack-lustre shade of gray."
• "In one village in Bachu County, more than 1,000 buildings and houses collapsed, according to the state-run New China News Agency. Tens of thousands of people were left homeless and were preparing to spend the night outside in the wintry chill, witnesses said."