Gelid (adj)
jel-id
very cold; icy
First used in 1600–10. From the Latin gelidus, “icy cold,” equivalent to gel(um), “frost, cold” + –idus, suffix meaning “pertaining to.”
Example sentences
“A gelid breeze swept through the city, signaling the arrival of winter.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
