English Explanatory Dictionary

frosty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Cold, chilly; icy.
  2. Having frost on it or in it.
  3. Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.
name
  1. A generic name for a snowman.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹɒsti/ /ˈfɹɔsti/ /ˈfɹɑs-/ En-au-frosty.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Frosty.wav

Word forms

frosty frostier frostiest

Etymology

From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).

Synonyms

frigid wintry algid Arctic Baltic boreal brass monkeys brumal chill chilled chilly clay-cold cold cold as a mackerel cold as charity freezing frosty frore frozen gelid glacial hiemal icy inclement nesh nippy parky polar sleety snowy taters frostbound frosted rimed cool harsh severe aloof distant hankty hard-to-get offish quiet remote reserved standoffish strange thorny touch-me-not-ish unapproachable unbending undemonstrative unimpressionable uninvolved brutal callous cold-eyed cruel dour flint-hearted

Derived words

frostily frostiness frosty moon frosty one stay frosty that'll be the frosty Friday unfrosty
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