Meanings
- not comparableobsoleteLukewarm, tepid.
When it ceaſes to increaſe, as much as the circumſtances will allow, he muſt abſtain from every thing, except egelid water.
1756, James Grieve (translator), Of Medicine: In Eight Books, pages 204-205 (originally published in Latin as "De Medicina" by Aulus Cornelius Celsus, a. 47 CE)1 more example
At firſt, while there is a tolerable Degree of Strength, her Drink ought to he only lukewarm, egelid, but when ſhe becomes weaker, it muſt be made warmer ; for nothing offends a weak Stomach ſo much as cold […]
1755, Giles Watts, Reflections on Slow and Painful Labours, And other Subjects in Midwifery, page 73
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinē-
- Proto-Indo-European*gel-
- Latingelū̆
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latingelidus
- Latinēgelidus
- Englishegelid
Borrowed from Latin egelidus.
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egelid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egelid
“egelid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egelid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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