Cools

/kuːlz/ verb

Definition

To make something less hot or to become less hot; can also mean to calm down or relax.

Etymology

From Old English 'col,' related to German 'kühl' and Latin 'gelu' (frost); the word has meant 'of low temperature' for over a thousand years.

Kelly Says

The word 'cool' meaning 'fashionable or excellent' is actually quite recent—it arose in jazz culture in the 1940s when musicians used 'cool' to mean calm and controlled, which then became a compliment for anything impressive.

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