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overcold

overcold adjective: excessively cold.

Adjective

overcold (comparative more overcold, superlative most overcold)

  1. Excessively cold.
    • application of over-cold Medicaments1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC
    • The Medical Journal, alluding to the subject, expresses the opinion that nearly one-half of all cases of Consumption are produced by unnecessary exposure, by breathing the impure air of badly or imperfectly ventilated and crowded public buildings, or by sleeping in overheated or overcold...1867, John C. Gunn, Gunn's New Family Physician, Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, page 713

Forms of overcold

comparativemore overcold
superlativemost overcold

Origin of overcold

From Middle English overcold, equivalent to over- + cold.

Questions about overcold

What does overcold mean?
Overcold means excessively cold.
What part of speech is overcold?
Overcold is an adjective.

Words near overcold in the dictionary

  1. overcoding
  2. overcodings
  3. overcoherence
  4. overcoil
  5. overcoils
  6. overcold
  7. overcollar
  8. overcollars
  9. overcollateralization
  10. overcollateralize
  11. overcollateralized

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