icyadj.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪsi/, U.S.

/ˈaɪsi/

Forms: Old English isig, Old English is gean (dative plural, transmission error), 1500s isie, 1500s isy, 1500s ysie, 1500s ysy, 1500s–1600s icie, 1500s–1600s ycie, 1600s–1700s icey, 1600s– icy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ice n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < ice n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch isich (Dutch ijzig), Middle High German īsec (German eisig), Swedish isig, early modern Danish issig.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 16th cent. Compare also Old English (rare) īsiht icy, extremely cold (compare sense 2a; < ice n. + the parallel Old English suffix -iht : see discussion at -y suffix¹):OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 100 And ic syþþan mænigfeald earfeðu dreah, hwilum þære isihtan cealdnysse þæs wintres, hwilum þæs unmætan wylmes þære sunnan hæto.

1. Abounding in or covered with ice; characterized by the presence of ice.The interpretation of the word in quot. OE¹ has been disputed (largely because the event described, the funeral of Scyld, is not otherwise spoken of as taking place in winter). However, the most recent editors conclude that the literal meaning ‘covered with ice’ remains the likeliest (see R. D. Fulk et al. Klaeber's Beowulf (ed. 4, 2008) 115–16); alternative suggestions involve taking the word as an extended or figurative use (cf. sense 2) or even emending the MS reading (see further Dict. Old Eng. at īsig).

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the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > covered with ice

icyOE

rony1639

iced1817

glaciated1861

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen > abounding in or resembling ice

icyOE

glacious1646

OE Beowulf (2008) 33 Þær æt hyðe stod hringedstefna isig ond utfus.

OE Blickling Homilies 209 He geseah þæt on ðæm clife hangodan on ðæm isgean [MS ís gean, prob. read isigean] bearwum manige swearte saula be heora handum gebundne.

1511 H. Watson tr. St. Bernardino Chirche of Euyll Men & Women sig. Fviii^v Iob sayeth that amonge y^e grete paynes y^t is in helle there is two horryble & meruayllous y^e one is of fyre ardauntly brenning & the other is of ysy water.

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. ii. f. 16 Such as are borne and bred neere to the Pole Articke & ycie Sea, who..are very huge & stronge bodyed.

1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. v. sig. F4 Winter in her icie carre.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §32 The ycie Ocean cracks, the frozen pole Thaws with the heat of the Celestial coale.

1661 R. Boyle Two Ess. Unsuccessfulness Exper. ii, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 103 The excessive coldnesse of the water they met with in Summer in that Icy Region where they were forced to Winter.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece iv. 141 The light rein-deer, with rapid pace, Skims over icy lakes.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 112 The flowers of the Icy Zones.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 29 Men, vying..who shall lie out first upon the yards to furl the icy sails.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xvi. 181 There is no such discomfort to be borne as by Romans in wintry weather, when the orange-trees bear icy fruit in the gardens.

1929 Travel Nov. 35/1 Five months were spent in exploring the upland wilderness and in scaling the snow-clad ranges and icy peaks.

1976 New Scientist 23 Dec. 700/1 Accidents on icy roads represent typically 3 per cent of the annual total.

2006 ‘T. Reynolds’ Blood, Sweat & Tea (2009) 162 I remember one icy day where I personally dealt with 23 elderly people with broken wrists caused by falling on the ice.

a. Resembling ice; having the nature or properties of ice; extremely cold; †slippery (obsolete).In some contexts difficult to distinguish from sense 1.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > icy-cold

ice-coldeOE

icy?1552

snow-cold1593

gelid1606

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery

slippera1050

slibbery?c1225

slidderya1250

slidder1398

lubric1490

slid1513

slippery1551

icy?1552

slipperous1585

glib1594

gliding1594

slicked1594

glibbery1601

lubrical1602

slape1671

slithery1825

slithy1855

butter-smooth1868

slick1901

?1552 V. Leigh Pleasaunt Playne & Pythye Pathewaye sig. A.i Eche thynge nowe, appeared on lyue, Whiche in the stormye wynter, before, Had sustayned, Eolus Isy blastes sore.

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 9 Mercutious ysy hande had all to frosen myne And of thy goodnes thou agayne hast warmed it with thine.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sdrúsciolo, slipperie,..gliding, isie.

1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece iii. iv. 27 In what manner the Britaines should order their Plantations in this Golden Iland, and secure their new habitations from the icie and cold foggy Aire.

1757 C. Arnold Osman v. vi. 123 The icy Hand of Death has clos'd her Eyes.

1798 A. M. Mackenzie Dusseldorf II. ii. 18 When so sick and ill he could scarcely face the icy winds of the north.

1826 London Lit. Gaz. 26 Aug. 533/3 Isabella,..throwing herself on her knees beside Wilhelm, widely kissed his marble forehead and icy lips.

1886 Law Times 80 195/1 An icy current was blowing about their feet.

1948 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 667 The train was icy, and hours late.

1976 N. Bond String in Harp i. 14 She struggled upright to find the air beyond her bedclothes bitterly cold. She grimaced as her feet touched the icy floor.

2005 D. L. Dudley Bicycle Man x. 151 The room was icy. Granma hadn't been able to get up and start a fire.

b. Of a person or his or her demeanour, speech, etc.: devoid of feeling; unfriendly, hostile, forbidding. Cf. cold adj. 8.

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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold or lacking warm feeling

winter-coldOE

coldc1175

cheald1340

umbrous1483

key-colda1535

frosty1548

frostbitten1564

icy1567

wintry1579

cold-hearteda1616

unwarmeda1625

dry1637

cool1641

frigidal1651

frigid1658

thieveless1725

cool-hearted1748

wintry1748

chill1751

cold as charity1795

freezing1813

ice-cold1815

chilly1841

impersonal1846

pincé1858

ice-cool1891

touch-me-not-ish1895

marmorean1902

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable

strange1338

estrangec1374

formal?1518

cold1557

squeamish1561

icy1567

buckrama1589

repulsive1598

starched1600

unaffable1603

stiff1608

withdrawing1611

reserved1612

aloof1639

cool1641

uncordial1643

inaffable1656

staunch1659

standfra1683

distant1710

starcha1716

distancing1749

pokerish1779

buckramed1793

angular1808

easeless1811

touch-me-not1817

starchy1824

standoffish1826

offish1827

poker-backed1830

standoff1837

stiffish1840

chilly1841

unapproachable1848

hedgehoggy1866

sticky1882

hard-to-get1899

stand-away1938

princesse lointaine1957

1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 100^v Go thou my fierie Dart of scalding whote desire To pierce hir ysie hart and set hir brest on fire.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. i. 173 If he be leaden, icie, cold, vnwilling, Be thou so too.

a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 168 An icy Grandeur, erected by your selves.

1687 A. Behn Amours Philander & Silvia 82 Some unusual Pleasure, which before he never felt about his icy and insensible Heart.

1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 351 The sixty Winters, that have..turn'd swift eager Love to icy Reasons.

1776 tr. P. Corneille Melite i. ii. 65 Let me then, madam, Plead in Erastus's favour, nor with icy looks Receive his burning flame.

1848 Fraser's Mag. June 700/1 ‘Oh,’ said Johannes, with an icy smile of derision, ‘his highness can easily make profit of me!’

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. i. 23 ‘He came—and he is dead,’ answered Christabel, in icy tones.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xv. 166 She passed him by with an icy contempt that was no whit thawed by his evident desire to appease her.

1953 M. Irwin Elizabeth & Prince of Spain ii. 41 He..smoothed out his face into the blank mask of icy decorum necessary to a Spanish Prince.

2004 J. Achenbach Grand Idea i. 4 Lesser mortals would quail in his presence, shiver under his icy gaze.

c. Of fear, panic, etc.: chilling, very frightening.

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1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Devine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 118 Now, Icy Fear (shivering in all their bones) Makes them with fortune turn their backs.

1680 T. Rymer tr. Ovid in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Epist. 171 Thro' all my veins an icy terror thrill'd.

1748 L. Pilkington Mem. I. 86 Icy Horror froze his ebbing Blood.

1793 Carthusian Refugee iii. 40 Why does this icy dread Assail my panting bosom?

1847 C. Long Sir Roland Ashton 159 Sir Roland felt a chilling, icy fear creep over him.

1893 T. De W. Talmage From Manger to Throne xxxiv. 488 The father is silent, his heart seems to have been frozen by the icy terror that was upon him from the moment his beloved and only child left the deck.

1921 Harpers Mag. July 205/1 An icy misgiving raced through his frame.

1986 Times 5 Mar. 11/1 I looked closer and was seized with that icy panic that makes time stand still.

2007 B. Cornelison Danger at her Door 45 Icy horror washed over her. Where was Sam?

d. Chemistry. Having a translucent crystalline or solid form resembling ice in appearance; cf. glacial adj. 2. Now rare.

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1664 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry II. ii. x. 252 If you take only Vitriol, common salt, and Antimony, you may draw an icy Oyle which will be of the same nature of that which is prepared with Sublimate.

1682 R. Boyle New Exper. Icy Noctiluca 19 Our Icy Noctiluca or Phosphorus is manifestly heavier in Specie than common Water.

1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 268 The acid, thus congealed, has been called glacial, or icy oil of vitriol.

1804 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 11 497 In like manner, if the icy butter of antimony be distilled from a clean glass retort into a dry receiver, three times over, it becomes the liquid oil of antimony of the chemists.

1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 564 The strongest acetic acid which can be prepared..is known as glacial acetic acid, from its crystallising in icy leaflets at about 55° F.

1925 E. M. Tuttle et al. Bk. Rural Life I. 14/2 If this acid is cooled a few degrees it solidifies to a substance resembling ice and hence is called glacial acetic acid, or ‘icy’ acetic acid. It will blister the skin if applied undiluted.

1989 Austral. Grapegrower & Winemaker Oct. 18/1 A new soaking test has thus been tried with the addition of 2ml of icy acetic acid per litre of K1 test solution.

3. Composed or consisting of ice. See also icy hill n., icy mountain n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > composed of ice

icy1576

1576 I. Stoughton in R. Peterson tr. G. della Casa Galateo sig. ¶.ii^v Syr Phoebus golden rayes shall turne To foggie mistes, and seas that beare their ysie crust, shall burne.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. D^v The sun dissolue might with his beames, The icie bulke of way lesse Caucasus.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 35 I have taken the Icy-mass out on purpose to look at it.

1728 J. Ralph Night iv. 59 Freezing it falls, and, from the stiffen'd boughs, In icy drops, and pendent chrystal, hangs.

1798 H. M. Williams Tour Switzerland II. App. 323 If this thaw be succeeded by frost, the little spherical icicles cling together, and form an icy mass.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 105 The icy cliff, from whence masses..were continually breaking.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxv. 335 Huge icy stalactites seventy and a hundred feet long.

1946 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 222/2 Some arctic gales drive the snow into giant icy drifts.

1995 Sci. News 147 271/2 The ice shelf lost two sections..when they disintegrated into myriad icy fragments.

Compounds

C1.

a. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as icy-hearted, icy-wheeled, etc.

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1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. f. 255^v/2 (Addition) In the borders of Scotland groweth and is found the stone that is called Agat, wherof some be with mixed colours of oaker red, blewish, and Icie coloured.

?1616 W. Goddard Satirycall Dialogue sig. A3^v Yet Icie-vayned I (vnsett a fire) Did freeze moste coldlie, in loues hott desire.

1664 W. Killigrew Pandora v. 83 Sure no age did e're produce two such Icy-hearted Ladies, as the Princess & you.

1791 H. Siddons Wallace II. xiii. 71 The inspired Scotchmen now perceived the English fall before them, like the summer leaves at the approach of icy-handed Winter.

1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair i. xii. 9 John Frost Drove through mid air his chariot, icy-wheel'd.

1899 W. Given Further Stud. Othello xv. 310 Iago breathed forth icy-lipped slander and Othello listened.

1917 D. H. Lawrence Look! We have come Through! 158 The chill lent lilies..slow-blooded, icy-fleshed, portentous.

1997 E. M. Stone Maximilian Kolbe viii. 83 The icy-faced commandant stared unmoved, as Francis cried again.

(a) Modifying adjectives, as icy-blue, icy-clear, icy-pale, etc., adjectives.

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1742 J. Warton Fashion 5 Hammon's Spring by Day feels icy-cool.

1799 W. Wennington tr. A. H. J. Lafontaine Man of Nature xxvii. 242 William broke the seal; read; was icy-pale.

1838 W. Burton District School as it Was 104 A few days of severely cold and clear weather have permitted the road to be worn icy smooth.

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 239 Clear, cold, and icy-blue like a sea-eagle's eye.

1922 W. de la Mare Down-adown-Derry 93 Fleet-foot deer Lap of its waters icy-clear.

1992 Vanity Fair June 126 The huge, icy-sleek new offices of Rolling Stone.

(b)

icy-cold adj.

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1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. lxiv. 106 Her vitall blood was icie cold within.

1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 272 That Iland, which in times of old The Greekes did call Hibernia icie-cold.

1734 London Mag. Dec. 661/2 So icy cold is your disdain, It soon would damp the strongest flame.

1856 Times 15 Oct. 10 At first the reception given to Prince Esterhazy was icy cold.

1918 A. R. Dugmore When Somme ran Red iii. 64 We fished icy cold potatoes out of tubs of icy cold water and peeled them with blunt knives.

2003 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 23 Nov. When I say the ground was icy-cold, I mean instant-frostbite-of-toes icy-cold.

C2.

icy hill n. now rare (chiefly in plural) an iceberg; cf. ice hill n. 2.

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1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece iii. vii. 50 The Icy hills, Which Natures eares with strange amazement fils.

1694 tr. F. Martens in Acct. Several Late Voy. ii. 26 In the Clifts of the Icy-hills on shoar.

1786 T. Day Hist. Sandford & Merton II. 174 Upon these pieces of ice are frequently seen white bears..which..have straggled over those icy hills in search of fish.

1840 Sailor's Mag. Mar. 213 Scarcely a moment elapsed ere it [sc. the galley] was walled in by a hundred icy hills, and the whole mass moved forward and was soon beyond the horizon.

1907 J. C. Andersen Maori Life in Ao-tea x. 131 The ominous heralds of sheer icy hills, that float in ocean like the wreck of worlds.

icy mountain n. now rare (chiefly in plural) an iceberg; cf. ice mountain n.

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1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 15 Striuing against y^e streame, & beating amongst the Isie Mountaines.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 276 A sight of those huge Icy Mountains..which make such a dashing and crashing one against another.

1705 R. Blackmore Eliza iii. 60 Some, who had sail'd to cold Greenlandia's Coast, By stormy Winds and foaming Billows tost, 'Midst floating Icy Mountains.

1821 Evangelical Mag. July 316 From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand.

1920 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 34/3 The ship..crosses the open sea, so called by courtesy, for it is crowded by floating icy mountains.

icy-pearled adj. poetic (now rare) covered with sparkling drops of ice (cf. pearl n.¹ 4).

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1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant iii, in Poems (new ed.) 18 Mounting up in ycie-pearled carr.

1817 J. F. Pennie Royal Minstrel vi. 127 The fierce winds From th' Arctic pole with icy-pearled wing Blow on the foamy waves.

1897 J. S. Thomson Estabelle 108 Unclasped and icy-pearled and jew'll'd with frost, The winter's yoke hung o'er the bare brown land.

icy pole n. Australian an ice lolly, typically one made with fruit or fruit juice or having a fruit flavour; also with modifying word denoting the flavour.A proprietary name in Australia.

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1932 Austral. Official Jrnl. Patents (Canberra) 1067 Icy-pole... Ice cream, ice cream sherbert, water ice and frozen fruit juices. Peters American Delicacy Company (Vic.) Ltd.

1978 B. St. A. Smith Spirit beyond Psyche 151 Ann's voice was muffled by the icy-pole she was licking.

2003 Mercury (Austral.) (Nexis) 13 Aug. (Taste section) 35 You'll need medium-ripe bananas for these banana icy poles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	icy
释义	icyadj. Brit. /ˈʌɪsi/, U.S. /ˈaɪsi/ Forms: Old English isig, Old English is gean (dative plural, transmission error), 1500s isie, 1500s isy, 1500s ysie, 1500s ysy, 1500s–1600s icie, 1500s–1600s ycie, 1600s–1700s icey, 1600s– icy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ice n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < ice n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch isich (Dutch ijzig), Middle High German īsec (German eisig), Swedish isig, early modern Danish issig.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 16th cent. Compare also Old English (rare) īsiht icy, extremely cold (compare sense 2a; < ice n. + the parallel Old English suffix -iht : see discussion at -y suffix¹):OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 100 And ic syþþan mænigfeald earfeðu dreah, hwilum þære isihtan cealdnysse þæs wintres, hwilum þæs unmætan wylmes þære sunnan hæto. 1. Abounding in or covered with ice; characterized by the presence of ice.The interpretation of the word in quot. OE¹ has been disputed (largely because the event described, the funeral of Scyld, is not otherwise spoken of as taking place in winter). However, the most recent editors conclude that the literal meaning ‘covered with ice’ remains the likeliest (see R. D. Fulk et al. Klaeber's Beowulf (ed. 4, 2008) 115–16); alternative suggestions involve taking the word as an extended or figurative use (cf. sense 2) or even emending the MS reading (see further Dict. Old Eng. at īsig). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > covered with ice icyOE rony1639 iced1817 glaciated1861 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen > abounding in or resembling ice icyOE glacious1646 OE Beowulf (2008) 33 Þær æt hyðe stod hringedstefna isig ond utfus. OE Blickling Homilies 209 He geseah þæt on ðæm clife hangodan on ðæm isgean [MS ís gean, prob. read isigean] bearwum manige swearte saula be heora handum gebundne. 1511 H. Watson tr. St. Bernardino Chirche of Euyll Men & Women sig. Fviii^v Iob sayeth that amonge y^e grete paynes y^t is in helle there is two horryble & meruayllous y^e one is of fyre ardauntly brenning & the other is of ysy water. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. ii. f. 16 Such as are borne and bred neere to the Pole Articke & ycie Sea, who..are very huge & stronge bodyed. 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. v. sig. F4 Winter in her icie carre. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §32 The ycie Ocean cracks, the frozen pole Thaws with the heat of the Celestial coale. View more context for this quotation 1661 R. Boyle Two Ess. Unsuccessfulness Exper. ii, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 103 The excessive coldnesse of the water they met with in Summer in that Icy Region where they were forced to Winter. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece iv. 141 The light rein-deer, with rapid pace, Skims over icy lakes. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 112 The flowers of the Icy Zones. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 29 Men, vying..who shall lie out first upon the yards to furl the icy sails. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xvi. 181 There is no such discomfort to be borne as by Romans in wintry weather, when the orange-trees bear icy fruit in the gardens. 1929 Travel Nov. 35/1 Five months were spent in exploring the upland wilderness and in scaling the snow-clad ranges and icy peaks. 1976 New Scientist 23 Dec. 700/1 Accidents on icy roads represent typically 3 per cent of the annual total. 2006 ‘T. Reynolds’ Blood, Sweat & Tea (2009) 162 I remember one icy day where I personally dealt with 23 elderly people with broken wrists caused by falling on the ice. 2. a. Resembling ice; having the nature or properties of ice; extremely cold; †slippery (obsolete).In some contexts difficult to distinguish from sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > icy-cold ice-coldeOE icy?1552 snow-cold1593 gelid1606 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery slippera1050 slibbery?c1225 slidderya1250 slidder1398 lubric1490 slid1513 slippery1551 icy?1552 slipperous1585 glib1594 gliding1594 slicked1594 glibbery1601 lubrical1602 slape1671 slithery1825 slithy1855 butter-smooth1868 slick1901 ?1552 V. Leigh Pleasaunt Playne & Pythye Pathewaye sig. A.i Eche thynge nowe, appeared on lyue, Whiche in the stormye wynter, before, Had sustayned, Eolus Isy blastes sore. 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 9 Mercutious ysy hande had all to frosen myne And of thy goodnes thou agayne hast warmed it with thine. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sdrúsciolo, slipperie,..gliding, isie. 1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece iii. iv. 27 In what manner the Britaines should order their Plantations in this Golden Iland, and secure their new habitations from the icie and cold foggy Aire. 1757 C. Arnold Osman v. vi. 123 The icy Hand of Death has clos'd her Eyes. 1798 A. M. Mackenzie Dusseldorf II. ii. 18 When so sick and ill he could scarcely face the icy winds of the north. 1826 London Lit. Gaz. 26 Aug. 533/3 Isabella,..throwing herself on her knees beside Wilhelm, widely kissed his marble forehead and icy lips. 1886 Law Times 80 195/1 An icy current was blowing about their feet. 1948 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 667 The train was icy, and hours late. 1976 N. Bond String in Harp i. 14 She struggled upright to find the air beyond her bedclothes bitterly cold. She grimaced as her feet touched the icy floor. 2005 D. L. Dudley Bicycle Man x. 151 The room was icy. Granma hadn't been able to get up and start a fire. b. Of a person or his or her demeanour, speech, etc.: devoid of feeling; unfriendly, hostile, forbidding. Cf. cold adj. 8. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold or lacking warm feeling winter-coldOE coldc1175 cheald1340 umbrous1483 key-colda1535 frosty1548 frostbitten1564 icy1567 wintry1579 cold-hearteda1616 unwarmeda1625 dry1637 cool1641 frigidal1651 frigid1658 thieveless1725 cool-hearted1748 wintry1748 chill1751 cold as charity1795 freezing1813 ice-cold1815 chilly1841 impersonal1846 pincé1858 ice-cool1891 touch-me-not-ish1895 marmorean1902 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable strange1338 estrangec1374 formal?1518 cold1557 squeamish1561 icy1567 buckrama1589 repulsive1598 starched1600 unaffable1603 stiff1608 withdrawing1611 reserved1612 aloof1639 cool1641 uncordial1643 inaffable1656 staunch1659 standfra1683 distant1710 starcha1716 distancing1749 pokerish1779 buckramed1793 angular1808 easeless1811 touch-me-not1817 starchy1824 standoffish1826 offish1827 poker-backed1830 standoff1837 stiffish1840 chilly1841 unapproachable1848 hedgehoggy1866 sticky1882 hard-to-get1899 stand-away1938 princesse lointaine1957 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 100^v Go thou my fierie Dart of scalding whote desire To pierce hir ysie hart and set hir brest on fire. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. i. 173 If he be leaden, icie, cold, vnwilling, Be thou so too. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 168 An icy Grandeur, erected by your selves. 1687 A. Behn Amours Philander & Silvia 82 Some unusual Pleasure, which before he never felt about his icy and insensible Heart. 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 351 The sixty Winters, that have..turn'd swift eager Love to icy Reasons. 1776 tr. P. Corneille Melite i. ii. 65 Let me then, madam, Plead in Erastus's favour, nor with icy looks Receive his burning flame. 1848 Fraser's Mag. June 700/1 ‘Oh,’ said Johannes, with an icy smile of derision, ‘his highness can easily make profit of me!’ 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. i. 23 ‘He came—and he is dead,’ answered Christabel, in icy tones. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xv. 166 She passed him by with an icy contempt that was no whit thawed by his evident desire to appease her. 1953 M. Irwin Elizabeth & Prince of Spain ii. 41 He..smoothed out his face into the blank mask of icy decorum necessary to a Spanish Prince. 2004 J. Achenbach Grand Idea i. 4 Lesser mortals would quail in his presence, shiver under his icy gaze. c. Of fear, panic, etc.: chilling, very frightening. ΚΠ 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Devine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 118 Now, Icy Fear (shivering in all their bones) Makes them with fortune turn their backs. 1680 T. Rymer tr. Ovid in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Epist. 171 Thro' all my veins an icy terror thrill'd. 1748 L. Pilkington Mem. I. 86 Icy Horror froze his ebbing Blood. 1793 Carthusian Refugee iii. 40 Why does this icy dread Assail my panting bosom? 1847 C. Long Sir Roland Ashton 159 Sir Roland felt a chilling, icy fear creep over him. 1893 T. De W. Talmage From Manger to Throne xxxiv. 488 The father is silent, his heart seems to have been frozen by the icy terror that was upon him from the moment his beloved and only child left the deck. 1921 Harpers Mag. July 205/1 An icy misgiving raced through his frame. 1986 Times 5 Mar. 11/1 I looked closer and was seized with that icy panic that makes time stand still. 2007 B. Cornelison Danger at her Door 45 Icy horror washed over her. Where was Sam? d. Chemistry. Having a translucent crystalline or solid form resembling ice in appearance; cf. glacial adj. 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1664 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry II. ii. x. 252 If you take only Vitriol, common salt, and Antimony, you may draw an icy Oyle which will be of the same nature of that which is prepared with Sublimate. 1682 R. Boyle New Exper. Icy Noctiluca 19 Our Icy Noctiluca or Phosphorus is manifestly heavier in Specie than common Water. 1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 268 The acid, thus congealed, has been called glacial, or icy oil of vitriol. 1804 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 11 497 In like manner, if the icy butter of antimony be distilled from a clean glass retort into a dry receiver, three times over, it becomes the liquid oil of antimony of the chemists. 1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 564 The strongest acetic acid which can be prepared..is known as glacial acetic acid, from its crystallising in icy leaflets at about 55° F. 1925 E. M. Tuttle et al. Bk. Rural Life I. 14/2 If this acid is cooled a few degrees it solidifies to a substance resembling ice and hence is called glacial acetic acid, or ‘icy’ acetic acid. It will blister the skin if applied undiluted. 1989 Austral. Grapegrower & Winemaker Oct. 18/1 A new soaking test has thus been tried with the addition of 2ml of icy acetic acid per litre of K1 test solution. 3. Composed or consisting of ice. See also icy hill n., icy mountain n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > composed of ice icy1576 1576 I. Stoughton in R. Peterson tr. G. della Casa Galateo sig. ¶.ii^v Syr Phoebus golden rayes shall turne To foggie mistes, and seas that beare their ysie crust, shall burne. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. D^v The sun dissolue might with his beames, The icie bulke of way lesse Caucasus. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 35 I have taken the Icy-mass out on purpose to look at it. 1728 J. Ralph Night iv. 59 Freezing it falls, and, from the stiffen'd boughs, In icy drops, and pendent chrystal, hangs. 1798 H. M. Williams Tour Switzerland II. App. 323 If this thaw be succeeded by frost, the little spherical icicles cling together, and form an icy mass. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 105 The icy cliff, from whence masses..were continually breaking. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxv. 335 Huge icy stalactites seventy and a hundred feet long. 1946 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 222/2 Some arctic gales drive the snow into giant icy drifts. 1995 Sci. News 147 271/2 The ice shelf lost two sections..when they disintegrated into myriad icy fragments. Compounds C1. a. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as icy-hearted, icy-wheeled, etc. ΚΠ 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. f. 255^v/2 (Addition) In the borders of Scotland groweth and is found the stone that is called Agat, wherof some be with mixed colours of oaker red, blewish, and Icie coloured. ?1616 W. Goddard Satirycall Dialogue sig. A3^v Yet Icie-vayned I (vnsett a fire) Did freeze moste coldlie, in loues hott desire. 1664 W. Killigrew Pandora v. 83 Sure no age did e're produce two such Icy-hearted Ladies, as the Princess & you. 1791 H. Siddons Wallace II. xiii. 71 The inspired Scotchmen now perceived the English fall before them, like the summer leaves at the approach of icy-handed Winter. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair i. xii. 9 John Frost Drove through mid air his chariot, icy-wheel'd. 1899 W. Given Further Stud. Othello xv. 310 Iago breathed forth icy-lipped slander and Othello listened. 1917 D. H. Lawrence Look! We have come Through! 158 The chill lent lilies..slow-blooded, icy-fleshed, portentous. 1997 E. M. Stone Maximilian Kolbe viii. 83 The icy-faced commandant stared unmoved, as Francis cried again. b. (a) Modifying adjectives, as icy-blue, icy-clear, icy-pale, etc., adjectives. ΚΠ 1742 J. Warton Fashion 5 Hammon's Spring by Day feels icy-cool. 1799 W. Wennington tr. A. H. J. Lafontaine Man of Nature xxvii. 242 William broke the seal; read; was icy-pale. 1838 W. Burton District School as it Was 104 A few days of severely cold and clear weather have permitted the road to be worn icy smooth. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 239 Clear, cold, and icy-blue like a sea-eagle's eye. 1922 W. de la Mare Down-adown-Derry 93 Fleet-foot deer Lap of its waters icy-clear. 1992 Vanity Fair June 126 The huge, icy-sleek new offices of Rolling Stone. (b) icy-cold adj. ΚΠ 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. lxiv. 106 Her vitall blood was icie cold within. 1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 272 That Iland, which in times of old The Greekes did call Hibernia icie-cold. 1734 London Mag. Dec. 661/2 So icy cold is your disdain, It soon would damp the strongest flame. 1856 Times 15 Oct. 10 At first the reception given to Prince Esterhazy was icy cold. 1918 A. R. Dugmore When Somme ran Red iii. 64 We fished icy cold potatoes out of tubs of icy cold water and peeled them with blunt knives. 2003 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 23 Nov. When I say the ground was icy-cold, I mean instant-frostbite-of-toes icy-cold. C2. icy hill n. now rare (chiefly in plural) an iceberg; cf. ice hill n. 2. ΚΠ 1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece iii. vii. 50 The Icy hills, Which Natures eares with strange amazement fils. 1694 tr. F. Martens in Acct. Several Late Voy. ii. 26 In the Clifts of the Icy-hills on shoar. 1786 T. Day Hist. Sandford & Merton II. 174 Upon these pieces of ice are frequently seen white bears..which..have straggled over those icy hills in search of fish. 1840 Sailor's Mag. Mar. 213 Scarcely a moment elapsed ere it [sc. the galley] was walled in by a hundred icy hills, and the whole mass moved forward and was soon beyond the horizon. 1907 J. C. Andersen Maori Life in Ao-tea x. 131 The ominous heralds of sheer icy hills, that float in ocean like the wreck of worlds. icy mountain n. now rare (chiefly in plural) an iceberg; cf. ice mountain n. ΚΠ 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 15 Striuing against y^e streame, & beating amongst the Isie Mountaines. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 276 A sight of those huge Icy Mountains..which make such a dashing and crashing one against another. 1705 R. Blackmore Eliza iii. 60 Some, who had sail'd to cold Greenlandia's Coast, By stormy Winds and foaming Billows tost, 'Midst floating Icy Mountains. 1821 Evangelical Mag. July 316 From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand. 1920 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 34/3 The ship..crosses the open sea, so called by courtesy, for it is crowded by floating icy mountains. icy-pearled adj. poetic (now rare) covered with sparkling drops of ice (cf. pearl n.¹ 4). ΚΠ 1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant iii, in Poems (new ed.) 18 Mounting up in ycie-pearled carr. 1817 J. F. Pennie Royal Minstrel vi. 127 The fierce winds From th' Arctic pole with icy-pearled wing Blow on the foamy waves. 1897 J. S. Thomson Estabelle 108 Unclasped and icy-pearled and jew'll'd with frost, The winter's yoke hung o'er the bare brown land. icy pole n. Australian an ice lolly, typically one made with fruit or fruit juice or having a fruit flavour; also with modifying word denoting the flavour.A proprietary name in Australia. ΚΠ 1932 Austral. Official Jrnl. Patents (Canberra) 1067 Icy-pole... Ice cream, ice cream sherbert, water ice and frozen fruit juices. Peters American Delicacy Company (Vic.) Ltd. 1978 B. St. A. Smith Spirit beyond Psyche 151 Ann's voice was muffled by the icy-pole she was licking. 2003 Mercury (Austral.) (Nexis) 13 Aug. (Taste section) 35 You'll need medium-ripe bananas for these banana icy poles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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