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Definition of Frigid

1. Adjective. Sexually unresponsive. "A frigid woman"

2. Adjective. Extremely cold. "Polar weather"

3. Adjective. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. "Wintry smile"

Definition of Frigid

1. a. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.

Definition of Frigid

1. Adjective. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy. ¹

2. Adjective. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive. ¹

3. Adjective. Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frigid

1. very cold [adj] : FRIGIDLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Frigid

1. 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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frigid

frighteningly frightens frightful frightfull frightfuller frightfully frightfulness frightfulnesses frightihead frighting

frightless frightment frights frightsome frighty frigid zone frigidaire frigidaires frigidaria frigidarium

frigider frigidest frigidities frigidly frigidness frigidnesses frigorie frigorific

Literary usage of Frigid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1832)
"When it is midnight at any place in the temperate or torrid zones, to find the sun's altitude at any place (on the same meridian) in the north frigid zone, ..."

2. The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and by Richard Phillips (1826)
"OF THE frigid ZONE. 315. ... land has yet heen discovered in the southern frigid zone; hut the climate and ..."

3. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1811)
"Find the sun's declination for the given day, and elevate the pole to that declination; bring the place (in the frigid zone) to that part of the brass ..."

4. Mentoria, Or, The Young Ladies Instructor: In Familiar Conversations, on by Ann Murry (1835)
"The two frigid Zones derive their names from their situation being intensely cold. Under the North Frozen Zone, Greenland and ..."

5. First Book of Physical Geography by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1899)
"Climates of the frigid Zones : The South frigid Zone. — Very little is known about the climates of the south frigid belt, but there seem to be two different ..."

6. Cornell's Grammar-school Geography: Forming a Part of a Systematic Series of by Sarah S. Cornell (1863)
"The frigid Zones.—In these zones are the coldest parts of the earth. ... While it is summer in the north frigid zone, it is winter in the south frigid zone. ..."

7. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"the sufferer, with clenched teeth and his eyes fixed upon the zenith, is as though he were made of wax ; the spectators are frigid, hardly concerned. ..."

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