- Cool
- Cool Cool, a. [Compar. {Cooler}; superl. {Coolest}.] [AS.
c[=o]l; akin to D. koel, G. k["u]hl, OHG. chouli, Dan.
k["o]lig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel.
kala. See {Cold}, and cf. {Chill}.]
1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth;
producing or promoting coolness.
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Fanned with cool winds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater. [1913 Webster]
For a patriot, too cool. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress. [1913 Webster]
4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner. [1913 Webster]
5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior. [1913 Webster]
Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount. [1913 Webster]
He had lost a cool hundred. --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket. --Dickens.
Syn: Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
