frigid

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frig·id / ˈfrijid/ • adj. very cold in temperature: frigid water. ∎  (esp. of a woman) unable or unwilling to be sexually aroused and responsive. ∎  showing no friendliness or enthusiasm; stiff or formal in behavior or style: Henrietta looked back with a frigid calm.DERIVATIVES: fri·gid·i·ty / frəˈjidətē/ n.frig·id·ly adv.frig·id·ness n.

frigid

views updated May 17 2018

frigid XVII (once XV). — L. frīgidus, f. frīgēre be cold, f. frīgus cold; see -ID1.
So frigidity XV. — F. — late L.

frigid

views updated May 08 2018

frigid See PERGELIC.

frigid

views updated May 29 2018

frigid See pergelic.

frigid

views updated May 23 2018

frigid See PERGELIC.