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icy
English
Alternative forms
- icey (rare)
- ycie (obsolete)
Etymology
ice +? -y; cf. Old English ?si?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?si/
Adjective
icy (comparative icier, superlative iciest)
- Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
- Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
- Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.
- 2009, Sharon Kendrick, The Desert Princes Bundle: The Sheikh's English Bride
- Gone was the gleam of desire, and the teasingly provocative remarks, and Alexa realised the truth in the saying that indifference was death. His demeanour was haughty and icy towards her.
- 2009, Sharon Kendrick, The Desert Princes Bundle: The Sheikh's English Bride
- (US, slang) To be wearing an excessive amount of jewelry, especially of the high-quality and expensive kind.
Related terms
- icily
- iciness
Translations
References
- icy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- icy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- CyI
Middle French
Adverb
icy
- here
Descendants
- French: ici
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tholin
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (tholós) (“muddy”) +? -in. Coined by Carl Sagan and Bishun Khare in 1979. From the muddy coloration that this class of chemical compounds appear to have, when observed on the Saturnian moon Titan, and from Miller–Urey-style experiments.
Noun
tholin (plural tholins)
- (organic chemistry, astronomy) Any of several poorly classified heteropolymers derived from simple hydrocarbons and ammonia formed by solar irradiation in the atmospheres of icy planets and moons.
Descendants
- ? French: tholin
- French: tholine
Translations
Anagrams
- Hilton
French
Etymology
From English tholin, from Ancient Greek ????? (tholós) +? -in
Noun
tholin m (plural tholins)
- tholin; masculine of tholine
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