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Gelid vs Wintry - What's the difference?

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Gelid is a related term of wintry.


As adjectives the difference between gelid and wintry

is that gelid is very cold; icy or frosty while wintry is suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.

gelid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very cold; icy or frosty.
  • * . (rfdate)
    • A man of gelid reserve.
  • * 2005 , :
    • In the worst of summer the tower remained cool, yet the air seemed feverish and gelid when sisters of different Ajahs came too close.

    Derived terms

    * gelidity / gelidness * gelidly

    Related terms

    * gel * gelatin

    Anagrams

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    wintry

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wintery

    Adjective

    (er)
  • suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy
  • aged, white(-haired etc.)
  • chilling, cheerless

    • Synonyms

    * (suggestive or characteristic of winter) brumal, hibernal, hiemal

    Derived terms

    * unwintry * wintrify * wintrily * wintriness * wintry mix * wintry shower

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