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02319 Cool (?), a. [Compar. Cooler (?); superl. Coolest.] [AS. c\'d3l; akin to D. koel, G. k\'81hl, OHG. chouli, Dan. k\'94lig, 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.Fanned with cool winds.
Milton.2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.For a patriot, too cool.
Goldsmith.3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
Hawthorne.6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.He had lost a cool hundred.
Fielding.Leaving a cool thousand to Mr.Matthew Pocket.
Dickens.Syn. -- Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.
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