Adjective
Feeling cold.
Usage- Archaic
- Literary
- not-comparable
- Examples
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c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i Poor Tom's acold.
When, for all his feathers, he’s acold, the bird plunges from his perch head foremost into the snow.
More examples (1)
To debate with Tao-an would be for me like drink to one who is athirst, like fire to one who is acold.
Adjective
of persons; feeling cold