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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)
- (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.
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