Word Woman

Welcome to another wild and wonderful installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Your brain is built to last a lifetime, so keep it in good shape with mental exercises like sudoku, cryptoquotes and crossword puzzles. Or, you can expand your vocabulary by learning new words, like the Word of the Week:

Gelid: (jel-id) [adjective] icy cold; frozen. -- "The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, Mispronounced Words", Laurence Urdang, Ed., The New York Times Book Company, New York, 1972.

Example: With the temperature abruptly climbing from the high forties into the low seventies, gelid treats such as ice cream enjoyed a sudden upswing in sales.