Frigorific (adj)
frig-or-if-ik
Causing or producing cold.
1660–70; < Latin frīgorificus cooling, equivalent to frīgor- (stem of frīgus ) cold + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
Example sentences
“The apricity was a welcome sign the frigorific weather was coming to an end.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
