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Webster 1913 Edition
Icy
1.
Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.
“Icy chains.” Shak.
“Icy region.” Boyle.
“Icy seas.” Pope.
2.
Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
Icy
was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. Motley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Icy
I'CY
,Adj.
1.
Cold; frosty; as icy chains.2.
Made of ice.3.
Resembling ice; chilling. Religion lays not an icy hand on the true joys of life.
4.
Cold; frigid; destitute of affection or passion.5.
Indifferent; unaffected; backward.Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
icy (comparative icier, superlative iciest)
- Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
- Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
- Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
Related terms
Translations
pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice
covered with ice
characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.
References
- icy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- icy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913