单词 | coolish |
释义 | coolishadj. Somewhat cool (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > cool > somewhat coolish1715 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > applied to sensations of the tongue firish1568 cool1589 fieriness1675 coolish1768 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lukewarm or lacking enthusiasm coolOE luke1340 tepid1513 lukewarmc1522 unearnest1542 spiritless1566 zeallessa1594 faint1596 unfiery1598 tepidous1607 Laodicean1633 heartless1636 unzealous1643 slight1660 unenthusiastic1805 teporous1821 coolish1850 ice-cool1891 demotivated1963 meh2007 1715 J. Delacoste tr. H. Boerhaave Aphorisms 90 Making the Air of the Room coolish and dry. 1759 O. Goldsmith in Busy Body 13 Oct. 16 The nights began to grow a little coolish. 1768 D. Monro in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 495 This salt tastes coolish on the tongue. 1835 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 22 June in Amer. Notebks. (1972) i. 6 It was a coolish day. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 423/1 My zeal is getting coolish. 1936 B. Johnston Let. 24 July in Lett. Home 1926–45 (1998) 185 8000 feet up, 70° or 80° all day, coolish at night. 1978 D. Bogarde Snakes & Ladders xiii. 279 May perhaps, when it's still coolish. 1999 Sat. Night (Toronto) May 31/1 Pawnshops are popping up like toadstools in prime spaces where bookstores and coolish cafés used to be. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1715 |
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