coolness

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈkuːlnəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #32433

Meanings

1

noun
calm and unruffled self-assurance

They performed with all the coolness of veterans.
2

noun
Moderate chilliness.

I know a place of all sweet coolnesses; / a little island, like an emerald, set / in the clear argent of a river, that is / Itself a shining net.
3

noun
Calmness, confidence, or level-headedness.

De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France?
4

noun
Conflict or hostility or an instance of such that stands in contrast to expected friendliness or interest.

In the midst of enemies, Irish and English, Court treacheries and coolnesses, Strafford depended solely upon Laud, and no one other support.

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Synonyms

1 noun · calm and unruffled... imperturbabilityimperturbableness

Etymology

From Middle English colnes, colnesse, from Old English cōlnes, cœ̄lnes, cēlnes (“coolness; cool air, breeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlinassī, equivalent to cool + -ness. Cognate with Middle High German kuolnisse, küelnisse (“cooling, coolness”).

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# coolness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkuːlnəs/
**Frequency rank:** 32433

## Meanings
1. calm and unruffled self-assurance
2. Moderate chilliness.
3. Calmness, confidence, or level-headedness.
4. Conflict or hostility or an instance of such that stands in contrast to expected friendliness or interest.

## Examples
- They performed with all the coolness of veterans.
- I know a place of all sweet coolnesses; / a little island, like an emerald, set / in the clear argent of a river, that is / Itself a shining net.
- De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France?
- In the midst of enemies, Irish and English, Court treacheries and coolnesses, Strafford depended solely upon Laud, and no one other support.

## Etymology
From Middle English colnes, colnesse, from Old English cōlnes, cœ̄lnes, cēlnes (“coolness; cool air, breeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlinassī, equivalent to cool + -ness. Cognate with Middle High German kuolnisse, küelnisse (“cooling, coolness”).

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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