egelid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin egelidus.

Adjective

egelid (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Lukewarm, tepid.
   • 1755, Giles Watts, Reflections on Slow and Painful Labours, And other Subjects in Midwifery, page 73:

     At firſt, while there is a tolerable Degree of Strength, her Drink ought to he only lukewarm, egelid, but when ſhe becomes weaker, it muſt be made warmer ; for nothing offends a weak Stomach ſo much as cold […]

   • 1756, James Grieve (translator), Of Medicine: In Eight Books, pages 204-205 (originally published in Latin as "De Medicina" by Aulus Cornelius Celsus, a. 47 CE)

     When it ceaſes to increaſe, as much as the circumſtances will allow, he muſt abſtain from every thing, except egelid water.

Anagrams

• gleied