ice-cold

• icecold, ice cold

From Middle English *is-cold, from Old English īsċeald; equivalent to ice +‎ cold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ieskoold (“ice-cold”), West Frisian iiskâld (“ice-cold”), Dutch ijskoud (“ice-cold”), Afrikaans yskoud (“ice-cold”), German Low German ieskold (“ice-cold”), German eiskalt (“ice-cold”), Yiddish אײַזקאַלט (ayzkalt, “ice-cold”), Danish iskold (“ice-cold”), Swedish iskall (“ice-cold”), Norwegian iskald (“ice-cold”), Faroese ísakaldur (“ice-cold”), Icelandic ískaldur (“ice-cold”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪskəʊld/

ice-cold (comparative more ice-cold, superlative most ice-cold)

1. As cold as ice; very cold.

   Synonym: cold as ice

   • 1966, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon:

     Now I'm sitting here
     Sipping on my ice-cold beer
     Lazing on a sunny afternoon.

   • 2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     When Tripp holds his red soda like it’s an ice-cold beer, it probably isn’t actually Mountain Dew Code Red, but it might as well be.

2. Without emotion; distant.

   Synonym: icy

ice-cold (plural ice-colds)

1. (Australia, slang) A cold serving of beer.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Romeril and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     […] to sink a few ice colds […]