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- Middle English · inherited fromscladeng hoot
- English todayscalding hot
From Middle English scladeng hoot; equivalent to scalding + hot.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
scalding hot
Today it means: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scalding, hot: very hot in a way that can scald, involving fluids (e.g., water, steam, gases). Full definition →
Middle English scladeng hoot