Wednesday, February 6th, 2008...5:16 am
Learn-A-Word Wednesday: gelid \JEL-id\
adjective:
Extremely cold; icy.
The weather is gelid on a recent Thursday night–so uninviting that it’s hard to imagine anyone venturing out.
– Letta Tayler, “The Accent’s on Brooklyn”, Newsday, April 6, 2000Gelid comes from Latin gelidus, from gelu, “frost, cold.”
This is what it’s NOT here. But I like the mild, low maintenance winters here after several years of Juneau, Alaska winters. Are you suffering gelid days?
I offer this word, not just because it may be timely, but also because it may be helpful for Weboggle (thanks, Dorky Dad, for introducing me to this vice) or Scrabble (can you still play it on Facebook?).
If you might be addicted to such things. I’m not saying I am.
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4 Comments
February 6th, 2008 at 8:07 am
It is most definitely gelid over here. Isn’t it amazing what mountain range can do?
February 7th, 2008 at 6:52 am
You’re welcome. My work here is done now.
Dang that addicting game. Dang me for being so horrible at it.
February 7th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Why do words like that even exist? Not one person in a hundred knows that word. You might as well be speaking in Swahili if you’re going to use words like that.
Stupid English.
February 7th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Queen, I’m happy to visit your wintery side, but glad to be on the whimpy side!
DD, you’ll get yours some day!
Diesel, hey! We’re not using the word “stupid” in our house! (well, we are but we’re getting in trouble for it….).
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