Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeling cold; chilled: Describes a person who is experiencing the sensation of being cold. This is an archaic or literary term.

Usage

• The word "acold" is used predicatively, typically following a linking verb like "is" or "feel," to describe the state of a person.
• It is not commonly used in modern English and is considered archaic or poetic.

Examples

• (From Shakespeare's , meaning "Poor Tom is cold.")
• (The traveler, tired and feeling cold, sought shelter by the fire.)

Advanced Usage

• Archaic/Literary Context: The term is primarily encountered in older English literature, such as the works of Shakespeare, or in poetic writing to evoke a historical or formal tone.
  • "Bring him in, for he is acold and weary from his journey."

Variants and Related Words

• Cold (adj): Of low temperature; feeling no warmth. This is the standard modern adjective.
  • The water is cold.
• Chilled (adj): Made cold.
  • She felt chilled to the bone.

Synonyms

• Chilly: Feeling cold.
• Frozen: Extremely cold.
• Numb with cold: Lacking sensation due to cold.

Notes

• "Acold" is an archaic term. In contemporary English, the phrase "feeling cold" or simply the adjective "cold" is used instead.
• It does not have modern phrasal verbs or common idioms associated with it.

Adjective

1. of persons; feeling cold
   • Poor Tom's acold- Shakespeare