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Fancy word for "cold"
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algid
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Word definitions for algid in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. chilly; "a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context medicine English) cold, chilly; used of low body temperature especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Algid \Al"gid\, a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf. F. algide.] Cold; chilly. --Bailey. Algid cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera.
Usage examples of algid.
But if the algid psynergy rippling over his skin was to be trusted, this was not a place of old voors.
She pulled the collar of her tunic up over her mouth to protect her teeth from the algid air she breathed.
Frigid water whipped in a convection wind, then streamed from their bodies, running from their noses, blinding their eyes with the algid wind.