| frigid | 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. Frigid zone, that part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23 28 from the pole. See the Note under Arctic. Origin: L. Frigidus, fr. Frigere to be cold; prob. Akin to Gr. To shudder, or perh. To cold. Cf. Frill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| frigidarium | Origin: L, neut. Of frigidarium cooling. The cooling room of the Roman thermae, furnished with a cold bath. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frigidity | Coldness, especially, lack of sexual response in the female. (18 Nov 1997) |