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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(Scotland) Cold, chilling.
Origin: From , from Old Scots "cauldrife", a compound of "cauld" and the (Scots) suffix "-rife" (compare "auldrife", "warkrife", "spendrife" etc.), from the adjective rife. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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