clay-coldadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clay n., cold adj.

Etymology: < clay n. + cold adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclay-cold.

As cold as clay: usually of a dead body. (Cf. clay n. 3, 4.)

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the world > life > the body > dead body > [adjective] > condition of

stiffa1200

colda1400

throa1400

starkc1425

clay-cold1633

stith1755

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > of body, esp. in death

colda1400

key-cold1529

clay-cold1633

hypothermic1898

1633 Costlie Whore v. sig. H1^v Fetch their flying soules from heaven, And breath them once more in their clay cold bodies?

1719 E. Young Busiris iii. 33 Thy dying Mother with her Clay-cold Hand Press'd mine.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci v. iii. 97 The clay-cold corpse upon the bier!

1885 W. B. Yeats in Dublin Univ. Rev. July Quiet as the clay-cold dead.

1946 D. Thomas Deaths & Entrances 16 Though the brawl of the kiss has not occurred, On the clay cold mouth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	clay-cold
释义	clay-coldadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clay n., cold adj. Etymology: < clay n. + cold adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclay-cold. As cold as clay: usually of a dead body. (Cf. clay n. 3, 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > dead body > [adjective] > condition of stiffa1200 colda1400 throa1400 starkc1425 clay-cold1633 stith1755 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > of body, esp. in death colda1400 key-cold1529 clay-cold1633 hypothermic1898 1633 Costlie Whore v. sig. H1^v Fetch their flying soules from heaven, And breath them once more in their clay cold bodies? 1719 E. Young Busiris iii. 33 Thy dying Mother with her Clay-cold Hand Press'd mine. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci v. iii. 97 The clay-cold corpse upon the bier! 1885 W. B. Yeats in Dublin Univ. Rev. July Quiet as the clay-cold dead. 1946 D. Thomas Deaths & Entrances 16 Though the brawl of the kiss has not occurred, On the clay cold mouth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1633
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