† catch-coldyadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: catch v., cold n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < catch v. + cold n. + -y suffix¹, after to catch cold at cold n. Phrases 1. Compare earlier catch-cold adj.

Obsolete.

Of a person: liable to catch a cold, prone to colds; (also) liable to cause a cold.

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1860 G. Graham Carstone Rectory I. ix. 216 I feel a little touch of rheumatism... The dew is rising, and I always find it very catch-coldy after a sultry day.

1884 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 339/1 I am not a catch-coldy person.

1926 V. Hunt I have this to Say 274 I supposed him not more than seventy at the very most, delicate and catch-coldy because of his foreign birth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018).

单词	catch-coldy
释义	† catch-coldyadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: catch v., cold n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < catch v. + cold n. + -y suffix¹, after to catch cold at cold n. Phrases 1. Compare earlier catch-cold adj. Obsolete. Of a person: liable to catch a cold, prone to colds; (also) liable to cause a cold. ΚΠ 1860 G. Graham Carstone Rectory I. ix. 216 I feel a little touch of rheumatism... The dew is rising, and I always find it very catch-coldy after a sultry day. 1884 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 339/1 I am not a catch-coldy person. 1926 V. Hunt I have this to Say 274 I supposed him not more than seventy at the very most, delicate and catch-coldy because of his foreign birth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018). < adj.1860
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