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cauldrife, a. Sc.|ˈkɔːldrɪf|
[f. cauld cold + -rife, q.v.]
1. Having a tendency to cold, chilly.
a. Of things: Causing the sensation of cold.
b. Of persons: Susceptible to cold.
1768Ross Helenore 142 (Jam.) 'T has been a cauldriffe day. a1774Fergusson Poems (1845) 5 Auld Reekie..bield for mony a cauldrife soul. 1837R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 108 Through it the blast sae cauldrife does gae.
2. fig. Cold or chilling in feeling or manner.
a1774Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 75 (Jam.) She tholes..the taunt o' cauldrife joes. 1825Ld. Cockburn Mem. 238 [Church patronage] gave us cauldrife preachers.
Hence ˈcauldrifeness.
a1662R. Baillie Lett. (1775) I. 442 (Jam.) We were looked upon for our coldrifeness, with a strange eye. |