icy

/ˈaɪsi/

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icy

Definitions

  1. adjective

    Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.

    Example

    • To go through this experience in bitter winter weather and stumble along the line in the pitch darkness at 6 o'clock in the morning, into an icy-cold foundry, as was the writer's experience, was not too good.
  2. adjective

    Covered with ice, wholly or partially.

    Examples

    • With milke-white Hartes vpon an Iuorie ſled, Thou ſhalt be drawen amidſt the froſen Pooles, And ſcale the yſie mountaines lofty tops: Which with thy beautie will be soone reſolu’d.
    • Antarctica is the coldest, iciest place on Earth, which makes the recent warming event particularly worrying for many scientists.
  3. adjective

    Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.

    Examples

    • I wasn't all the way icy. It wasn't like I could just give a girl a baby and forget about them.
    • Gone was the gleam of desire, and the teasingly provocative remarks, and Alexa realised the truth in the saying that indifference was death. His demeanour was haughty and icy towards her.
  4. adjective

    To be wearing an excessive amount of jewelry, especially of the high-quality and expensive kind.

    Example

    • Your bitch's a regular bitch, you're calling her wifey, I fucked her, I feed her fast food, you're keeping her icy.

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