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frost⋅y

  [fraw-stee, fros-tee]
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–adjective, frost⋅i⋅er, frost⋅i⋅est.
1. characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
2. consisting of or covered with a frost: frosty designs on the windows; an avenue of frosty trees.
3. lacking warmth of feeling; unfriendly: Their frosty greeting puzzled us.
4. resembling frost; white or gray: a wedding dress of frosty satin.
5. of or characteristic of old age: a frosty brow.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see frost, -y 1

Related forms:
frost⋅i⋅ly, adverb
frost⋅i⋅ness, noun
frostless, adjective
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frost·y   (frô'stē, frŏs'tē)   
adj.   frost·i·er, frost·i·est
  1. Producing or characterized by frost; freezing. See Synonyms at cold.
  2. Covered with or as if with frost.
  3. Silvery white; hoary.
  4. Cold in manner: a frosty look; a frosty farewell.
frost'i·ly adv., frost'i·ness n.
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Frosty

Frost"y\, a. [Cf. AS. fyrstig.]

1. Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.

2. Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty.

3. Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage. --Johnson.

4. Appearing as if covered with hoarfrost; white; gray-haired; as, a frosty head. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : frosty
Spanish: escarchado, cubierto de escarcha,
German: mit Reif bedeckt,
Japanese: 霜でおおわれた
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