frosty

From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost +‎ -y.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɒsti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɔsti/, /ˈfɹɑs-/

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• Rhymes: -ɒsti

frosty (comparative frostier, superlative frostiest)

2. Cold, chilly; icy.

   Synonyms: frigid, wintry; see also Thesaurus:cold

   The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.

   I'd like a frosty milkshake.

4. Having frost on it or in it.

   Synonyms: frostbound, frosted, rimed

   The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.

   The frosty beverage gave him a brain freeze.

6. (figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.

   Synonyms: cool, harsh, severe; see also Thesaurus:aloof, Thesaurus:stern

   After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.

• forsty, frosti

From Old English forstiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, equivalent to frost +‎ -y. Compare Old English fyrstiġ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔstiː/, /ˈfɔrstiː/

frosty

1. cold, freezing, frosty (being or experiencing cold)
2. (rare) white (of a beard)

• English: frosty
• Scots: frosty

• “frostī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-02.