Arctic
adjective
[ ˈɑːktɪk ]
• relating to the regions around the North Pole.
• "an Arctic explorer"
• (of weather conditions) very cold.
• "February brought arctic conditions"
Similar:
(bitterly) cold,
intensely cold,
frosty,
wintry,
freezing,
frigid,
frozen,
icy,
ice-cold,
glacial,
sub-zero,
polar,
Siberian,
bitter,
biting,
piercing,
cutting,
raw,
extreme,
Baltic,
gelid,
brumal,
rimy,
algid,
Arctic
noun
• the regions around the North Pole.
• a thick waterproof overshoe extending to the ankle or above.
Similar:
the far north,
the North Pole,
the Arctic circle,
Opposite:
the Antarctic,
• a drab-coloured hairy butterfly of the arctic and subarctic regions of the New World.
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin arcticus, articus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos ‘bear, Ursa Major, pole star’.
