ur-cool

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ur-cool. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ur-cool, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ur-cool in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ur-cool you have here. The definition of the word ur-cool will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofur-cool, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From ur- +‎ cool.

Adjective

ur-cool (comparative more ur-cool, superlative most ur-cool)

  1. (slang) Extremely cool.
    • 1999, Vikram Seth, An Equal Music, Penguin Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 221:
      Helen, who is sitting just in front of her, stops playing, and turns to her. "Petra, I think we should cool it here."
      "But that is what I do," says Petra. "This is supposed to be cool. Ur-cool."
    • 2003, Ramesh Kumar, Malaysia: Riches from the Golden Land, Springer, published 2003, →ISBN, page 81:
      The pavements were turned into tree-lined, fountained boulevards; which boulevards are enlivened by jazz bands and lasers, lined by new cafes and bars, ur-cool by any standards; […]
    • 2014 April 3, Melena Ryzik, “This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires”, in The New York Times:
      His film, opening April 11, stars Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as Adam and Eve, an ur-cool bloodsucking couple whose love spans centuries and continents […]
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ur-cool.

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia