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gel⋅id

  [jel-id]
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–adjective
very cold; icy.
Origin:
1600–10; < L gelidus icy cold, equiv. to gel(um) frost, cold + -idus -id 4

Related forms:
ge⋅lid⋅i⋅ty  [juh-lid-i-tee] , gel⋅id⋅ness, noun
gel⋅id⋅ly, adverb
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gel·id   (jěl'ĭd)   
adj.  Very cold; icy: gelid ocean waters. See Synonyms at cold.

[Latin gelidus, from gelū, frost; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]
ge·lid'i·ty (jə-lĭd'ĭ-tē), gel'id·ness n., gel'id·ly adv.
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