egelid en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ē- Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū̆ Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin gelidus Latin ēgelidusbor. English egelid Borrowed from Latin egelidus.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Lukewarm, tepid.
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: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)