ice-calm

English

Etymology

ice +‎ calm

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ice-calm (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Extremely calm

Noun

ice-calm (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) Extreme calm, utter calmness
   • 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     There was no distracting Rosol's ice-calm as he killed the fifth set and match. Ace, cross-court forehand winner, ace, forehand winner – a blistering eighth game took him to 5-3 and informed Nadal precisely how nerveless the Czech was.