ice-cold

Etymology

Old English īsceald, corresponding to ice +‎ cold. Cognate with Dutch ijskoud, Afrikaans yskoud, German eiskalt, West Frisian iiskâld, Saterland Frisian ieskoold, Swedish iskall, Danish iskold, Norwegian iskald, Icelandic ískaldur and Faroese ísakaldur.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɪskəʊld/

Adjective

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

1. As cold as ice; very cold.
   • 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.

   • 1966, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon

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

2. Without emotion; distant.

   The way she stared him down and walked away...everyone in the room could tell she was ice-cold.