OriginFrom Middle English acoled (past participle of acolen (“to grow cold or cool”)), from Old English ācōlod (past participle of ācōlian (“to grow cold”)), equivalent to a- + cold.
- archaic, literary, not-comparableFeeling cold.
“c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i
Poor Tom's acold.”
“When, for all his feathers, he’s acold, the bird plunges from his perch head foremost into the snow.”
“To debate with Tao-an would be for me like drink to one who is athirst, like fire to one who is acold.”
Source: Wiktionary