Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Sp.

chili

chile

A kind of red pepper. See

[Written also

chilli

and

chile

Adj.

Cool; moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; as the chill vapors of night.

Shivering with cold.

My chill veins freeze with despair.

Cool; distant; formal; dull; not warm, animated or affectionate; as a chill reception.

Depressed; dispirited; dejected; discouraged.

See also: chili and Chili

chīlì (Zhuyin ㄔㄌㄧˋ)