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coolth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kuːlθ/

Etymology

From cool + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Dutch kuolitha (“coolness”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness.
   • This they do, not only convectively by passing cooler air over the skins of building occupants, but also using radiant coolth. 2012, David Crichton, Fergus Nicol, Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change:
   • The water pushed large blocks of tepid air about around his chair, giving the faint illusion of freshness and coolth. 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Penguin, published 2004, page 628:
   • Her voice was an odd mixture of cordiality and coolth. 2017, Stephanie Huesler, The Price of Freedom, Indie 2017 (Northing Trilogy), p. 253
   • Through the speckled shadow of the great deodar-forests […] and back into the woodlands’ coolth again […] 1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC:
   • Froid: m. Cold, cooth^([sic]); coldneſſe, chilneſſe. 1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Froid”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature Rr, verso, column 2:
   • In the evening my father and Mrs Thrale seated themselves out of doors, just before the Blue-room windows, for coolth and chat; […] 1842, Fanny Burney, Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay:

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Antonyms

warmth