coldsome

coldsome

English

Etymology

From cold +‎ -some.

Adjective

coldsome (comparative more coldsome, superlative most coldsome)

1. Characterised or marked by cold or coldness
   • 2010, Jeffery Farnol, ‎F. Vaux Wilson, Our Admirable Betty:

     'Ere 's me, look 'ee, trimming them borders, Sergeant, so 'appy-'earted as any bird, and all at once I falls to coldsome, quakesome shivers, my 'eart jumps into my jaws, my knees knocks an' trembles horrorsome-like, an' I sweats — "

   • 2013, Robert Newton Peck, Arly:

     The dirt felt coldsome and damp.