The Brass Monkey Shivers
Once again, in honor of
the weather that we're experiencing in these northern climes, let's look at a
small sampling of COLD words today.
- aggelation: the act of freezing to or
congealing about [L. gelare,
to freeze]
- algefacient: having the power to make cold
[L. algere, to be cold]
- algid: cold, esp. the cold stage of an ague
[L. algidus, cold]
- algific: causing cold [L. algificus, causing cold]
- cheimaphobia: abnormal fear of winter [Gr. cheimos, winter, cold]
- cryobiology: the study of the effect of low
temperatures on living organisms [Gr. kruos, frost, icy cold]
- cryogen: a freezing mixture [Gr. kruos, frost, icy cold]
- frigiferous: bringing cold [L. frigus, cold]
- gelid: extremely cold [L. gelidus, icy cold]
- pagophagia: compulsive desire to eat ice
cubes [Gr. pagos,
freezing]
- psychrophilic: capable of growing at
temperatures close to freezing [Gr. psuchros, cold]
- psychrophobia: fear or hatred of cold, esp.
cold water [Gr. psuchros,
cold]
- rhigosis: the ability to feel cold [Gr. rhigos, cold]
Available from McFarland & Co.: Word Parts
Dictionary, 2nd edition
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