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   Gla·cial

   /ˈɡlāSH(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to, resulting from, or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers: "thick glacial deposits"
   • ▪ very cold; icy: "his glacial blue eyes" Similar freezingbitterly coldicyice-coldsubzerofrozenwintryarcticpolarSiberianbitterbitingpiercingrawcuttinginformal:Balticliterary:chillfrorerare:gelidbrumalrimyalgidOpposite tropicalhot
   • ▪ extremely slow (like the movement of a glacier): "an official described progress in the talks as glacial"
   • 2. denoting pure organic acids (especially acetic acid) which form ice-like crystals on freezing.

   noun

   • 1. a glacial period.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from French, or from Latin glacialis ‘icy’, from glacies ‘ice’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. glacially adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

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