frigid

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“I am cold”), from frigus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Pronunciation

• enPR: frĭj'ĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɪdʒɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪd

Adjective

frigid (comparative frigider or more frigid, superlative frigidest or most frigid)

1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
   • 2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 2, page 98:

     Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
3. (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

References

• frigid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• frigid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Adjective

frigid

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References

• “frigid” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

Borrowed from French frigide, Latin frigidus. See also frig.

Adjective

frigid m, n (feminine singular frigidă, masculine plural frigizi, feminine and neuter plural frigide)

1. frigid