coolth
/kuːlθ
/noun [mass noun]
1Pleasantly low temperature: the coolth of the evening...
- The walls of the house alone have 230,000 lb of adobe mass that can store heat and coolth (yes, this is a word).
- She promised coolth in San Francisco, where Julia had set her heart on spending the night.
- How soothing it is, forsooth, to desire coolth and vanquish inadequate Brit warmth.
2 informal The quality of being fashionable: the pinnacle of 1960s coolth...
- Of course, just saying ‘hippest’ gives away my age and my utter lack of coolness or coolth or whatever term those people are using these days.
- The dialogue is actually smart and sharp, without studied and overwritten coolth.
Origin
Mid 16th century (but rare before the 20th century): from cool + -th2.
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