algid
/ˈaldʒɪd/adjective
1Cold, chilly; freezing, frozen; frigid.
2 Medicine. Originally: †(of a fever) characterized by paroxysms in which the stage of rigor is severe or prolonged; designating such a stage; ( obsolete ). In later use: (especially of forms of malaria and cholera) characterized by a (frequently terminal) stage in which the patient becomes cold and clammy as a result of hypovolaemic or septicaemic shock; designating this state; (also) having an abnormally low body temperature, especially as a result of shock.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Henry Cockeram (fl. 1623–1658), lexicographer. From classical Latin algidus cold from algēre to be cold (of unknown origin) + -idus.
- repetitionary
- repetition choice
- repetition clock
- repetition compound
- repetition compulsion
- repetition device
- repetitionist
- repetition phenomenon
- repetition running
- repetition sermon
- repetition training
- repetition work
- repetitious
- repetitiously
- repetitiousness
- repetitive
- forget-me-not
- forgettable
- forgetter
- forgivable
- forgivably
- forgive
- forgiveness
- forgiver
- forgiving