US /ˈældʒɪd/ UK /ˈældʒɪd/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    cold or chilly, especially of the body during illness

    The fever broke into an algid, clammy shivering.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · cold or chilly, especially... coldchillycoolfrigidicy
Opposites
warmhotfebrile
Word family
Derived forms algidity
Related forms algidity

Etymology

From Latin algidus ('cold'), from algēre ('to be cold').

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