"acold" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English acoled (past participle of acolen (“to grow cold or cool”)), from Old English ācōlod (past participle of ācōlian (“to grow cold”)), equivalent to a- + cold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|acoled}} Middle English acoled, {{inh|en|ang|ācōlod}} Old English ācōlod, {{pre|en|a-|cold}} a- + cold Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} acold (not comparable)
  1. (archaic or literary) Feeling cold. Tags: archaic, literary, not-comparable
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