Hot

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /hɒt/

Definitions

1. Having a high temperature or producing heat ; very spicy or pungent in taste or flavor ; experiencing or showing strong emotion or excitement
2. Characterized by elevated warmth or heat ; containing strong spices that cause a burning sensation ; displaying intense passion, anger, or enthusiasm
3. Describing something thermally warm or heated ; indicating a flavor that causes a burning or tingling feeling ; relating to heightened emotional states or excitement levels

Etymology: The most striking thing about "hot" is that it is a native English word that outlasted two foreign rivals. Middle English speakers had "chaud", borrowed from Old French "chaut" (also meaning hot), and early Modern English briefly had "calent", taken straight from Latin "calēns". Neither survived in everyday use, and the older Germanic word won out. That older word belongs to a family found across Northern Europe. Its close relatives include Dutch "heet", German "heiß", Danish "hed", and Swedish and Norwegian "het", as well as Icelandic "heitur" and West Frisian "hjit". The shared stem is also tied to "heat", which is formed from the same root with a different suffix, so the adjective and the noun have always been close relatives. Lithuanian "kaitra", meaning heat, shows the same ancestry from further east.

Synonyms: warm, scorching, sizzling, boiling, fiery

Antonyms: cold, cool, chilly, frosty, lukewarm