Definition of Frigidity

1. Noun. Sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse.

Exact synonyms: Frigidness
Generic synonyms: Deadness, Unresponsiveness
Derivative terms: Frigid, Frigid

2. Noun. The absence of heat. "Cold is a vasoconstrictor"
Exact synonyms: Cold, Coldness, Frigidness, Low Temperature
Generic synonyms: Pressor, Vasoconstrictive, Vasoconstrictor, Temperature
Specialized synonyms: Chill, Gelidity, Iciness, Chilliness, Coolness, Nip, Frostiness, Cool
Derivative terms: Cold
Antonyms: Hotness

3. Noun. A lack of affection or enthusiasm. "A distressing coldness of tone and manner"
Exact synonyms: Chilliness, Coldness, Coolness, Frigidness, Iciness
Generic synonyms: Emotionlessness, Unemotionality
Specialized synonyms: Stone, Lukewarmness, Tepidness
Derivative terms: Cold, Cold, Cold, Cool, Frigid, Frigid, Icy

Definition of Frigidity

1. n. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth.

Definition of Frigidity

1. Noun. The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat. ¹

2. Noun. Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity; chilliness; dullness. ¹

3. Noun. Want of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frigidity

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Frigidity

1. Coldness, especially, lack of sexual response in the female. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frigidity

frighting
frightless
frightment
frights
frightsome
frighty
frigid zone
frigidaire
frigidaires
frigidaria
frigidarium
frigider
frigidest
frigidities
frigidly
frigidness
frigidnesses
frigorie
frigorific
frigorifick
frigorism
frigot
frigots
frigs
frijol
frijole
frijoles
frijoles refritos

Literary usage of Frigidity

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

1. The Psychoneuroses and Their Treatment by Psychotherapy by E. Gauckler (1915)
"Female frigidity.—Female frigidity may include two classes of facts,—absence of sexual desire on the one hand, and on the other absence of voluptuous ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Disorders of the Sexual Function in the Male and Female by Max Huhner (1916)
"By frigidity we mean a condition where there is a lack or total absence of ... frigidity is also normal for a short time after a normal sexual intercourse. ..."

3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1900)
"It is rather unlucky that " frigidity," our only equivalent, is not quite clear to English ears. In fact, "fustian" comes nearest to what is meant, ..."

4. A Practical treatise on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of sexual by William Josephus Robinson (1913)
"The treatment of frigidity is more a matter of common sense and skilled judgment ... For instance I know a number of cases of frigidity which by a certain ..."

5. The Pathology and treatment of sexual impotence by Victor G. Vecki (1899)
"Only congenital frigidity can prove a serious hindrance lo t lie development of virility, whilst frigidity which is sometimos the result of a certain mode ..."

6. Chapters on Human Love by Walter Matthew Gallichan (1898)
"THE PHENOMENON OF frigidity. Frequency of impaired or absent sex-feeling in women -The abnormity treated in fiction — Views of Lacour and other ..."

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