cauldrifeadj.
/ˈkɔːldrɪf/, /ˈkɔːldrʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈkɔldrɪf/, /ˈkɔlˌdraɪf/, /ˈkɑldrɪf/, /ˈkɑlˌdraɪf/, Scottish English /ˈkɔldrɪf/, /ˈkɔldrʌif/ Scottish.
1. Having a tendency to cold, chilly.
a. Of things: Causing the sensation of cold.
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1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 142 (Jam.) 'T has been a cauldriffe day.
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 108 Through it the blast sae cauldrife does gae.
b. Of persons: Susceptible to cold.
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1773 R. Fergusson Poems 100 Auld Reikie! Thou'rt a canty hole, A bield for mony caldrife soul.
2. figurative. Cold or chilling in feeling or manner.
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1718 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 401 We found them coldrife, and we were so likewise, and nothing is done or to be done among us.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 183 She tholes..the taunt o' cauldrife joes.
a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iv. 238 [Church patronage] gave us cauldrife preachers.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down at Coldrife ‘Some people's naturally coldrife.’
Derivatives
ˈcauldrifeness n.
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1644 R. Baillie Let. 2 Apr. (1841) II. 150 We were looked upon for our coldrifenes, with a strange eye.
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