adjective
- moderately cold; neither warm nor very cold
- tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather: cool clothes
- not excited; calm; composed: cool in an emergency
- ☆ marked by control of the emotions; restrained: cool jazz
- Slang emotionally uninvolved; uncommitted; dispassionate
- showing dislike or indifference; not cordial: a cool manner
- calmly impudent or bold
- not suggesting warmth: said of colors in the blue-green end of the spectrum
- Informal without exaggeration: he won a cool thousand dollars
- ☆ Slang very good, pleasing, etc.; excellent
Origin:
ME & OE col < IE base *gel-, cold, to freeze > chill, cold, L gelu
intransitive verb
to become cool or colder
Origin:
ME colien < OE colian, to cool