Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COOL'NESS
COOL'NESS, n.
- A moderate degree of cold; a temperature between cold and heat; as, the coolness of the summer's evening.
- A moderate degree, or a want of passion; want of ardor, or zeal; indifference; want of affection; as, they parted with coolness.
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