frosty

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
  2. adjective covered with frost; ; -Wm.Faulkner
  3. adjective pleasantly cold and invigorating

Etymology

From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).

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Synonyms

frigid, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry

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