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arctic
Part of speech: AdjectiveRelating to the region of the north pole; polar; northern; frigid.
Part of speech: NounIn the United States, a warmly lined waterproof overshoe.
Usage examples "arctic":- The best thoughts in your argument you had unconsciously stolen from the newspapers, and the judge, looking as wise as an Arctic owl, unconsciously wrung half an editorial into his charge. - "The Comstock Club", Charles Carroll Goodwin.
- Again and again people waited all night, amid the rigours of an almost arctic winter, in order to secure an opportunity of purchasing tickets as soon as the ticket office opened. - "Life of Charles Dickens", Frank Marzials.
- But the Arctic summer is short- lived. - "Out of the North", Howard V. Sutherland.