coldish

English

Etymology

cold +‎ -ish

Adjective

coldish (not comparable)

1. Somewhat cold.
   • 1913, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers‎^[1]:

     "It's a treat of a colour," said he. "That coldish colour like earth, and yet shiny. It's like bog-water."

   • 1939, George Orwell, chapter 4, in Coming Up for Air‎^[2]:

     I was walking westward up the Strand, and though it was coldish I went slowly to get the pleasure of my cigar.

Translations

somewhat cold

• Armenian: սառնավուն (hy) (saṙnavun), ցրտավուն (cʻrtavun)
• Finnish: kylmähkö