Acold vs Scold - What's the difference?
acold | scold |
(obsolete) Of a person, feeling cold.
* c 1603–1606 : Shakespeare, King Lear , IV-i
(obsolete) A person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
To rebuke.
* 1813 , (Pride and Prejudice) , (Jane Austen)
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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between acold and scold
is that acold is (obsolete) of a person, feeling cold while scold is (obsolete) a person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.As an adjective acold
is (obsolete) of a person, feeling cold.As a noun scold is
(obsolete) a person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.As a verb scold is
to rebuke.acold
English
Adjective
(-)- Poor Tom's acold .
Anagrams
*scold
English
Alternative forms
* scould (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —
- Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.