"coolth" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kuːlθ/ Forms: coolths [plural]
Rhymes: -uːlθ Etymology: From cool + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Dutch kuolitha (“coolness”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|cool|th|id2=abstract nominal|pos2=abstract nominal suffix}} cool + -th (abstract nominal suffix), {{cog|odt|kuolitha|t=coolness}} Old Dutch kuolitha (“coolness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} coolth (usually uncountable, plural coolths)
  1. The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness. Tags: uncountable, usually

Inflected forms

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