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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
glacial
 
SYLLABICATION:gla·cial
PRONUNCIATION:  glshl
ADJECTIVE:1a. Of, relating to, or derived from a glacier. b. Suggesting the extreme slowness of a glacier: Work proceeded at a glacial pace. 2a. 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. 5a. Lacking warmth and friendliness: a glacial stare. b. Coldly detached: a glacial composure.
ETYMOLOGY:French , from Old French, icy, from Latin glacilis, from glacis, ice. See gel- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:glacial·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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