acold

English

Etymology

From Middle English acoled (past participle of acolen (“to grow cold or cool”)), from Old English ācōlod (past participle of ācōlian (“to grow cold”)), equivalent to a- +‎ cold.

Adjective

acold (not comparable)

1. (archaic or literary) Feeling cold.
   • c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i

     Poor Tom's acold.

   • 1897 January, Paul Van Dyke, “After Caribou on Snow-Shoes”, in Outing, volume 29, number 4, page 363:

     When, for all his feathers, he’s acold, the bird plunges from his perch head foremost into the snow.

   • 1960, “The Story of Hui-yüan”, in Arthur Waley, transl., Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang: An Anthology, page 120:

     To debate with Tao-an would be for me like drink to one who is athirst, like fire to one who is acold.

Anagrams

• ad loc, ad loc., adcol, clado-