frosty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Very cold, with frost in the air.

   The air was frosty, and I could see my breath as I walked.

2. 2
   adj

   Covered with a thin layer of frost.

   The car windows were frosty and had to be scraped before driving.

3. 3
   adj

   Unfriendly and cold in manner.

   After the divorce, she was polite but frosty toward her ex-husband.

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”).

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