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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

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.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

frigid XVII (once XV). — L. frīgidus, f. frīgēre be cold, f. frīgus cold; see -ID1.
So frigidity XV. — F. — late L.
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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

frigid See PERGELIC.
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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

frigid See pergelic.
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

frigid See PERGELIC.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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