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coolth

/kuːlθ/

coolth noun: the state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness.

Noun

coolth (usually uncountable, plural coolths)

  1. (usually) The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness.
    • Froid: m. Cold, cooth^([sic]); coldneſſe, chilneſſe.1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Froid”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature Rr, verso, column 2
    • In the evening my father and Mrs Thrale seated themselves out of doors, just before the Blue-room windows, for coolth and chat; […]1842, Fanny Burney, Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay

Examples of coolth in a sentence

  • Through the speckled shadow of the great deodar-forests […] and back into the woodlands’ coolth again […]1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC:
  • The water pushed large blocks of tepid air about around his chair, giving the faint illusion of freshness and coolth.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Penguin, published 2004, page 628:
  • This they do, not only convectively by passing cooler air over the skins of building occupants, but also using radiant coolth.2012, David Crichton, Fergus Nicol, Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change:
  • Her voice was an odd mixture of cordiality and coolth.2017, Stephanie Huesler, The Price of Freedom, Indie 2017 (Northing Trilogy), p. 253

Antonyms of coolth

Forms of coolth

pluralcoolths

Origin of coolth

From cool + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Dutch kuolitha (“coolness”).

Questions about coolth

What does coolth mean?
Coolth means the state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness.
How do you use coolth in a sentence?
Through the speckled shadow of the great deodar-forests […] and back into the woodlands’ coolth again […]
What part of speech is coolth?
Coolth is a noun.
How do you pronounce coolth?
Coolth is pronounced /kuːlθ/.
What is the plural of coolth?
The plural of coolth is coolths.

Words near coolth in the dictionary

  1. cools out
  2. coolship
  3. coolships
  4. coolsome
  5. coolspeak
  6. coolth
  7. coolths
  8. Coolumbooka
  9. coolung
  10. coolungs
  11. cooly

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