ice-cold

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From Middle English *is-cold, from Old English īsċeald; equivalent to ice +‎ cold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ieskoold (“ice-cold”), West Frisian iiskâld (“ice-cold”), Dutch ijskoud (“ice-cold”), Afrikaans yskoud (“ice-cold”), German Low German ieskold (“ice-cold”), German eiskalt (“ice-cold”), Yiddish אײַזקאַלט (ayzkalt, “ice-cold”), Danish iskold (“ice-cold”), Swedish iskall (“ice-cold”), Norwegian iskald (“ice-cold”), Faroese ísakaldur (“ice-cold”), Icelandic ískaldur (“ice-cold”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪskəʊld/

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ice-cold (comparative more ice-cold, superlative most ice-cold)

2. (idiomatic, loosely) Very cold.

   Synonyms: cold as ice, icy, freezing cold, freezing, frigid, frosty

   Antonyms: boiling hot, steaming hot, piping hot, baking hot, smoking hot; see also Thesaurus:hot

   Coordinate terms: cool, chilly, chilled, lukewarm, tepid

   Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold

   I'm going to put my coat back on — I'm ice-cold again!

4. (figurative) Of a person, look, or behavior, without emotion; distant.

   Synonyms: cold as ice, icy, frigid, stone cold, frosty

   Coordinate terms: cool, chilly, lukewarm, tepid

6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice,‎ cold: as cold as ice or nearly so (close to a freezing point).

   Synonyms: cold as ice, icy, freezing cold, freezing, frigid, frosty

   Antonyms: boiling hot, steaming hot, piping hot, baking hot, smoking hot; see also Thesaurus:hot

   Hypernym: cold

   Coordinate terms: cool, chilly, chilled, lukewarm, tepid

   Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold

   ice-cold beer here

   It's best to serve this dessert while it's still ice-cold.

   • 1966, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon:

     Now I'm sitting here
     Sipping on my ice-cold beer
     Lazing on a sunny afternoon.

   • 2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     When Tripp holds his red soda like it’s an ice-cold beer, it probably isn’t actually Mountain Dew Code Red, but it might as well be.

ice-cold (plural ice-colds)

1. (Australia, slang) A cold serving of beer.

   Synonyms: cold one, frosty one

   • (Can we date this quote by John Romeril and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     […] to sink a few ice colds […]