单词 | frostified |
释义 | frostifiedadj. Chiefly English regional (east midlands and East Anglian). Very cold. Also: covered with or damaged by frost. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > damaged by exposure to frost frostbitten1530 frostnippeda1607 frosted1623 frostified1900 1840 Sportsman Mar. 175 This venerable piece of antiquity..probably..warmed the frostified countenances of some of the travellers it carried in other days. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 257 Frostified, frosty. 1880 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 Mar. 155/1 He'll be half-dead, super-ultra frostified before he reaches Liverpool. 1900 F. Hall in Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 506/2 [East Suffolk] These potatoes are frostified. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 109/2 Frostified, frosted. ‘Them bushes is a' silver an' frostified agen. An look at a' them frostified cogwebs!’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1840 |
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