cool

English

/kuːl/

adj
Definitions
  • Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
  • Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
  • Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
  • Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
  • Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
  • Calmly audacious.
  • (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
  • (informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
  • (informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
  • (informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
  • Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cool inherited from Old English cōl (cool, tranquil, cold, calm) inherited from *kōl(ī) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz (cold, cool, calm) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold, form into a ball, ball, gleam, ball up, freeze, be cold, amass, clench, round, swollen), *gel- (cold, form into a ball, ball, gleam, ball up, freeze, be cold, amass, clench, round, swollen).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gel-

Gloss

cold, form into a ball, ball, gleam, ball up, freeze, be cold, amass, clench, round, swollen

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

冷, 寒

Emoji
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