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Webster 1913 Edition


Hot

Hot

,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Hote
.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Hot

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Hotter
;
sup
erl.
Hottest
.]
[OE.
hot
,
hat
, AS.
hāt
; akin to OS.
hēt
, D.
heet
, OHG.
heiz
, G.
heiss
, Icel.
heitr
, Sw.
het
, Dan.
heed
,
hed
; cf. Goth.
heitō
fever,
hais
torch. Cf.
Heat
.]
1.
Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; – opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree;
as, a
hot
stove;
hot
water or air.
“A hotvenison pasty.”
Shak.
2.
Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
Achilles is impatient,
hot
, and revengeful.
Dryden.
There was mouthing in
hot
haste.
Byron.
3.
Lustful; lewd; lecherous.
Shak.
4.
Acrid; biting; pungent;
as,
hot
as mustard
.
Syn. – Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hot

HOT

, a.
1.
Having sensible heat; opposed to cold; as a hot stove or fire; a hot cloth; hot liquors. Hot expresses more than warm.
2.
Ardent in temper; easily excited or exasperated; vehement.
Achilles is impatient, hot and revengeful.
3.
Violent; furious; as a hot engagement or assault.
4.
Eager; animated;; brisk; keen; as a hot pursuit, or a person hot in a pursuit.
5.
Lustful; lewd.
6.
Acrid; biting; stimulating; pungent; as hot as mustard or pepper.

Definition 2024


hót

hót

See also: hot, Hot, HOT, hôt, hớt, hột, and hoț

Icelandic

Noun

hót n (hóts, hót)

  1. (dated) a whit, a bit

Usage notes

  • This word is mostly unused in modern Icelandic, although it has been preserved through the phrase ekki hót (not at all, not a whit).

Derived terms

  • vera ekki hótinu betri (to not be the least bit better)
  • ekki hót (not a whit, not at all)