definition of the word acoldby the Wiktionnary
Probably a past participle of the Middle English verb acolen (to grow cold or cool), from the Old English verb āclian (to grow cold); from the prefix a- (compare the Gothic er-, originally meaning out) + clian (to cool). See cool.
acold (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of a person, feeling cold.
- c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i
- Poor Tom's acold.
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