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Webster 1913 Edition


Frigid

Frig′id

,
Adj.
[L.
frigidus
, fr.
frigere
to be cold; prob. akin to Gr. [GREEK] to shudder, or perh. to [GREEK] cold. Cf.
Frill
.]
1.
Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature;
as, a frigid climate
.
2.
Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal;
as, a
frigid
constitution; a
frigid
style; a
frigid
look or manner;
frigid
obedience or service.
3.
Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent.
Johnson.
Frigid zone
,
that part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23[GREEK] 28[GREEK] from the pole. See the Note under
Arctic
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Frigid

FRIG'ID

,
Adj.
[L. frigidus, from frigeo, to be or to grow cold; rigeo, to be stiff or frozen. Gr.]
1.
Cold; wanting heat or warmth; as the frigid zone.
2.
Wanting warmth of affection; unfeeling; as a frigid temper or constitution.
3.
Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent.
4.
Dull; jejune; unanimated; wanting the fire of genius or fancy; as a frigid style; frigid rhymes.
5.
Stiff; formal; forbidding; as a frigid look or manner.
6.
Wanting zeal; dull; formal; lifeless; as frigid services.

Definition 2024


frigid

frigid

English

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.

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References

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

Danish

Adjective

frigid

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Inflection

Inflection of frigid
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular frigid 2
Neuter singular frigidt 2
Plural frigide 2
Definite attributive1 frigide
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

  • frigiditet

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