icier

Adjective

icy (comparative icier, superlative iciest)

1. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
   • To go through this experience in bitter winter weather and stumble along the line in the pitch darkness at 6 o'clock in the morning, into an icy-cold foundry, as was the writer's experience, was not too good.1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342

   Synonyms:

   glacial, glacious, wintrified

2. Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
   • With milke-white Hartes vpon an Iuorie ſled,
     Thou ſhalt be drawen amidſt the froſen Pooles,
     And ſcale the yſie mountaines lofty tops:
     Which with thy beautie will be soone reſolu’d.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   frostbound, frosted, icebound, ice-covered, iced-over, rimed

   Antonyms:

   ice-free

3. Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.
   • I wasn't all the way icy. It wasn't like I could just give a girl a baby and forget about them.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 206

   Synonyms:

   harsh, uncaring, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed, cruel, dour

4. (US, slang) To be wearing an excessive amount of jewelry, especially of the high-quality and expensive kind.
   • Your bitch's a regular bitch, you're calling her wifey, I fucked her, I feed her fast food, you're keeping her icy.2003, “Patiently Waiting”, in Curtis Jackson, Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo (lyrics), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent

   Synonyms:

   bejeweled

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