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scalding.

Hot enough to burn.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Hot enough to burn.

  2. Scorching; scathing.

    figuratively
    a scalding attack on his critics
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald English -ing English scalding From scald + -ing.

noun

  1. An instance of scalding: a burn.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald English -ing English scalding From scald + -ing.

noun

  1. Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of scald

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald English -ing English scalding From scald + -ing.

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