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algid
[al-jid]
adjective
cold; chilly.
algid
/ ˈæɪ /
adjective
med chilly or cold
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Other 51Թ Forms
- algidity noun
- algidness noun
- ˈ徱ٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of algid1
1620–30; < Latin algidus “cold,” from ŧ “to be cold”
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of algid1
C17: from Latin algidus, from ŧ to be cold
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The algid or congestive form occurs more frequently than either of the others.
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Harry felt an algid chill creep over him.
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For, of all the miracles!—I could not doubt—an actual aroma like peach-blossom was in the algid air about me!
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The skin is perceptibly cold in the algid stage of cholera.
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If the attack has been very severe, and particularly if the algid stage has been prolonged, fever of a low type is apt to occur, and indeed may terminate fatally.
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