Meaning & use
gelid
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Extremely cold, icy.
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The climbers pressed on through the gelid winds near the summit.
She plunged her hands into the gelid stream to retrieve the fallen keys.
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Gelid comes from the Latin "gelidus," related to "gelu" (frost), and is a more literary alternative to "icy" or "freezing."
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