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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Your Word for Today is "Gelid"

gel·id  (jld)

adj.
Very cold; icy: gelid ocean waters. See Synonyms at cold.

[Latin gelidus, from gelfrost; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]

ge·lidi·ty (j-ld-t)gelid·ness n.
gelid·ly adv

3 comments:

  1. Please use in a sentence:

    "Yo, it's freezing out here!"
    "No shit, Dude! My ass is gelid."

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  2. 'twas brillig, and the slithy toves. . .

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  3. Pluky9:34 AM

    Two geese one evening
    On a partly gelid pond
    Call, and are answered.

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