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Added 9 October 2026

acold

adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about acold at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Of persons; feeling cold.
Poor Tom's acold

Origin

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.

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