coldrife

C3O1L1D2R1I1F4E1

adjective

Cold, chilling.

OriginScots cauldrife →
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Meanings

adjectivecoldrife (comparative more coldrife, superlative most coldrife)

comparative more coldrife · superlative most coldrife

  1. ScotlandCold, chilling.

    Long Rob began to glint his grey eyes at her, he'd have to think of getting married himself, he said, fine it must be to sleep with a slim bit the like of herself those coldrife winter nights.

    1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 147

Origin

  1. Scotscauldrife
  2. Englishcoldrife

From Scots cauldrife, from Old Scots "cauldrife", a compound of "cauld" and the (Scots) suffix "-rife" (compare "auldrife", "warkrife", "spendrife" etc.), from the adjective rife.

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APA

coldrife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coldrife

MLA

“coldrife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coldrife. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coldrife,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coldrife.

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