calid
/ˈkælɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "As the flaming / Pit of damnation deep expands its jaws / Of liquid fire! throwing its curly waves / Of calid flames, and smoke of sulph'rous fumes, / O'er the deep gulf of woe! I hear the lost / Spirit shriek, but shriek in vain!"
- "Few States possess a territorial patrimony like that of Argentina, with all the climatic and all the physical conditions required to meet the necessities of a civilized people. Within its frontiers every climate is met with, from the most calid to the coldest."
- "The great abundance of limestone, and the conditions of a wet and calid weather, have determined a wide distribution of carsic manifestations (caves, rounded-summit hills, hills, lapies, etc.)"
- "He walked through to Caitlin's bedroom. As soon as he opened the door, he smelled her light perfume and the calid closeness of a room where a woman had slept the night."
- "A calid sun, just risen, cast a fiery glow over the House of Nevisanus."
- "Eliot, happening by to find out what progress they were making, enquired with characteristic politeness whether their conversation was of a private nature or whether, if it were general, he might be accorded the pleasure of joining in. 'Certainly you may,' said Keats civilly, 'we're just shooting the bries.' Eliot whimpered dimly in the calid afternoon."
Etymology
From Latin calidus (“hot”), from caleō (“to be warm or hot; glow”) + -idus, from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. Cognate with Italian calido (“hot”), French chaud (“warm, hot”), Portuguese cálido (“warm”), and Spanish cálido (“warm”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more calid (comparative)
most calid (superlative)