Definitions
a lack of affection or enthusiasm
Word origin
From Middle English colnes, colnesse, from Old English cōlnes, cœ̄lnes, cēlnes (“coolness; cool air, breeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlinassī, equivalent to cool + -ness. Cognate with Middle High German kuolnisse, küelnisse (“cooling, coolness”).
Used in a sentence
“I know a place of all sweet coolnesses; / a little island, like an emerald, set / in the clear argent of a river, that is / Itself a shining net”
“De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France?”
“Luckily for England, they have a world-class striker with a golden touch in [Harry] Kane, who was coolness personified to carefully direct in the winner.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Calm composure”8 letters
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