frosty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   pleasantly cold and invigorating

   crisp clear nights and frosty mornings

2. 2
   adj

   covered with frost

   a frosty glass

3. 3
   adj

   Cold, chilly; icy.

   The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.

4. 4
   adj

   Having frost on it or in it.

   The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.

5. 5
   adj

   Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.

   After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.

6. 6
   adj

   devoid of warmth and cordiality

7. 7
   name

   A generic name for a snowman.

Etymology

From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).