Posted on 02/04/2010 4:43:29 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
gelid \JEL-id\ , adjective
Extremely cold; icy.
Example sentences:
The weather is gelid on a recent Thursday night--so uninviting that it's hard to imagine anyone venturing out.
-- Letta Tayler, "The Accent's on Brooklyn", Newsday, April 6, 2000
Last January a major crisis arose when the Argentine naval supply ship Bahia Paraiso foundered near an island off the Antarctic Peninsula, creating a diesel-oil spill that inflicted untold damage on the ecosystems clinging to the edges of the icy continent or swimming in its gelid seas.
-- Christopher Redman Paris, "Could anything be more terrible than this silent, windswept immensity?", Time, October 23, 1989
The house was silent, filled with a gelid, wintery hush even as lilac and dogwood leaves brushed darkly against the windowpanes.
-- Michael Cunningham, A Home at the End of the World: A Novel
Etymology:
Gelid comes from Latin gelidus, from gelu, "frost, cold."
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Rise and shine.
Gelid weather heading our way tomorrow. They are forecasting a reprise of our December snowstorm, the 24 incher, for tomorrow thru the weekend and then SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN next week, tues-weds. As my kids would say KILL ME NOW!
Enjoy it, y’all, I hear that gelid change of seasons is truly something to behold.
i have NO IDEA how my entire post came out in red. i put the link in there the same way that i always do, put a </A> right after it and somehow i have a RED post.
Like a refrigerator laid on its back, the machine cooled its merchandise with a bone-chilling ferocity.
Who knew that refrigerators on their backs were ferocious? ;-)
Not only is the weather gelid, the mood of our active volunteers in our local fire department have reached record chills.
Oh no! Our precipitation is supposed to get here today but won't be frozen. A for you.
I'm cringing a little at the combo but I know half the class is drooling. A+ for you.
Obama pretends that he’s stolid
So cool that he’s practically gelid
While his suave affectation
Is befitting his station
His policies all are invalid
It makes us appreciate Spring that much more. A for you.
So much for Reid’s word to hold any big votes until Brown was seated. It means nothing, which is why he’ll be unemployed by the end of the year.
A for you but I’m going with a hot chocolate this morning instead.
Is that better than hot and cranky? A for you.
A+ for you. I’m getting a little tired of all the finger-pointing during speeches and the whining in general for his lack of accomplishments.
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