adj
Meaning 1
Hot enough to burn.
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Standard Lemma guide
scalding
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CMU ARPABET: S K AO1 L D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Scorching; scathing.
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Usage: figuratively
Examples
- a scalding attack on his critics
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noun
Meaning 3
An instance of scalding: a burn.
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noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
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Usage: historical
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
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Synonyms: steeping, escaline
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verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of scald
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h1éh1yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald English -ing English scalding From scald + -ing.
From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.