adj.1.
a. Of, relating to, or derived from a glacier.
b. Suggesting the extreme slowness of a glacier: Work proceeded at a glacial pace.
2.
a. often Glacial Characterized or dominated by the existence of glaciers. Used of a geologic epoch.
b. Pleistocene. See Table at geologic time.
3. Extremely cold; icy: glacial waters. See Synonyms at cold.
4. Having the appearance of ice.
5.
a. Lacking warmth and friendliness: a glacial stare.
b. Coldly detached: a glacial composure.
[French from Old French, icy, from Latin glaci
lis, from glaci
s, ice; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]
This is the wise waggish-will and good-will of my soul, that it CONCEALETH NOT its winters and glacial storms; it concealeth not its chilblains either.Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich
lis, from glacis, ice; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]This is the wise waggish-will and good-will of my soul, that it CONCEALETH NOT its winters and glacial storms; it concealeth not its chilblains either.Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich
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