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algid (AL jid) (adjective), more algid, most algid

1. Referring to something cold; severely chilled or chilling: Mona was thinking that it was the most algid day she had experienced that winter.

Sometimes people may have a more algid attitude towards others who are insulting or misbehaving in a social situation, as expressed by the first and third cartoons shown below!

2. Characterized by feeling less than warm or frigid, however having sweaty skin and utter exhaustion; a reference to certain severe conditions or stages of a disease: Algid malaria is characterized by prostration, cold and clammy skin, as well as, low blood pressure.

3. Etymology: from Latin algere, "to feel cold, to be cold".

There is another word entry, gelid, which is also a Latin-derived adjective that describes ice and arctic temperatures.

Algid is not related to the Greek term algesi-, etc., "pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting".

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algid, more algid, most algid

Severely chilling, freezing, or very cold. (3)

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