See nippy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "štipešt",
"sense": "rather cold (of weather)",
"word": "щипещ"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rather cold (of weather)",
"word": "frisquet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rather cold (of weather)",
"word": "kühl"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rather cold (of weather)",
"word": "frisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rather cold (of weather)",
"word": "frostig"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ssalssalhada",
"sense": "rather cold (of weather)",
"word": "쌀쌀하다"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "moróznyj",
"sense": "rather cold (of weather)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моро́зный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zjabkij",
"sense": "rather cold (of weather)",
"word": "зябкий"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rather cold (of weather)",
"word": "småkylig"
}
],
"word": "nippy"
}
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