coldrife

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Adjective

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coldrife (comparative more coldrife, superlative most coldrife)

  1. (Scotland) Cold, chilling.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 147:
      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.

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