English Explanatory Dictionary

coldrife

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Cold, chilling.

Word forms

coldrife more coldrife most coldrife

Etymology

From Scots cauldrife, from Old Scots "cauldrife", a compound of "cauld" and the (Scots) suffix "-rife" (compare "auldrife", "warkrife", "spendrife" etc.), from the adjective rife.

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