scaldingEtymologyFrom Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.scalding means hot enough to burn. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 75 out of 100.adjHot enough to burn.Scorching; scathing.“a scalding attack on his critics”nounAn instance of scalding: a burn.Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.