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gelid, a.|ˈdʒɛlɪd|
[ad. L. gelid-us icy cold, f. gelum (gelus, gelu) frost, intense cold; for the cognate Teutonic words see cold a.]
1. Extremely cold, cold as ice, icy, frosty.
In the first quot., gelled may be a ppl. adj. from geal v.
1606Marston Sophonisba iv. i. E iv, If she find some life Yet lurking close, she bites his gelled lips. c1611Chapman Iliad xv. 162 Like a mighty snow Or gelide haile, that from the clouds, the Northerne spirit doth blow. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. i. 7 The Brightness of the Gelid Moon. 1747Hervey Medit. (1748) II. 278 Even the blooming Cheeks contract a gelid Hue; and the Teeth hardly forbear chattering. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 121 While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. I. 298 As the air passes over the gelid surface of the ice. 1830W. Phillips Mt. Sinai i. 205 In gelid Zembla's chill domain. 1863Tyndall Heat vi. §228 (1870) 179 Sometimes..large and deep valleys receive the gelid masses thus sent down.
b. fig.
1630B. Jonson New Inn v. i. (1631) G 2 b, The masse of blood Within me is a standing lake of fire, Curl'd with the cold wind of my gelid sighs, That..shoot a February through my veines. 1681S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 121 A gelid fear his heart possessed. 1827Blackw. Mag. XXI. 791 Our gelid reception was owing not to dislike. 1866Howells Venet. Life 36 She sniffed and offered a gelid prayer.
2. In a weaker sense: Cold, chill. Often of water, etc.: Refreshingly cold.
1659T. Pecke Parnassi Puerp. 84 Autumn shakes off the Leaves, and brings Fruit too: I wish we could like gelid Autumn doe. 1676Beal in Phil. Trans. XI. 601 Some thought, they perceived the luminous parts less gelid than the dark parts. a1678Marvell Poems, Bill-borow Hill lxvii, As I carless on the bed Of gelid strawberryes do tread. 1727–46Thomson Summer 208 By gelid founts and careless rills to muse. 1755Smollett Quix. (1803) IV. 257 Drinking liquid chrystal from the gelid springs. 1869Daily News 18 Aug., The sun down, the air is cool and gelid.
Hence ˈgelidly adv., ˈgelidness.
1727Bailey vol. II, Gelidness, Coldness, Frozenness. 1848Webster, Gelidly, coldly. 1873Howells Chance Acquaint. vii. 152 Gelidly self-satisfied. |