calid
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calid
- /ˈkælɪd/
Rhymes with -ælɪd
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective more calid · most calid
- Warm, hot. 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!
