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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-354/
- Published: 2021-01-13T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-13T01:33:55.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

The word for today is…

gelid (adj) – Very cold; icy.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/gelid?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Gelid first appeared in English late in the 16th century, coming to our language from Latin gelidus, which ultimately derives from the noun gelu, meaning “frost” or “cold.” (The noun gelatin, which can refer to an edible jelly that undergoes a cooling process as part of its formation, comes from a related Latin word: gelare, meaning “to freeze.”) Gelid is used to describe anything of extremely cold temperature (as in “the gelid waters of the Arctic Ocean”), but the word can also be used figuratively to describe a person with a cold demeanor (as in “the criminal’s gelid stare”).

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