Algidness
/ˈæl.dʒɪd.nəs/noun
The state or quality of being cold, especially abnormally or intensely cold.
Did you know?In older medical language, “algid” could describe the cold, clammy stage of severe disease, including algid cholera, when the body’s temperature and circulation dramatically collapsed.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
algēre
“to be cold or feel cold”
Classical Latin
Latin
algor
“coldness, especially bodily chill or rigor”
Classical Latin
Latin
algidus
“cold, chilly, or producing cold”
17th Century
English
algid
“cold; in medical usage, marked by an abnormally cold body”
19th Century
English
algidness
“the condition or quality of being algid”