Word of the Day: GELID
Frosty or frigid
gelid (adj) - intensely or bitterly cold or icy [jel-id]
BREAKDOWN: GEL- (cold) + -ID (that which is)
gelidity is extreme extreme coldness or iciness
“We are never as beautiful as now. The crushing sadness of hotel rooms; the gelid lights and clean notepads; the blank walls and particles of someone else’s erased life.” —Aleksandar Hemon
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