Definitions for frigid
ˈfrɪdʒ ɪdfrigid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. cold, frigidadjective

   sexually unresponsive

   "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"

2. arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polaradjective

   extremely cold

   "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

3. frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintryadjective

   devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

   "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frigidadjective

   Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.

2. frigidadjective

   Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.

3. frigidadjective

   Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FRIGIDadjective

   Etymology: frigidus, Latin.

   1. Cold; without warmth. In this sense it is seldom used but in science.

   In the torrid zone the heat would have been intolerable, and in the frigid zones the cold would have destroyed both animals and vegetables. George Cheyne, Phil. Princ.

   2. Without warmth of affection.3. Impotent; without warmth of body.4. Dull; without fire of fancy.

   If justice Phillip’s costive head
   Some frigid rhymes disburses,
   They shall like Persian tales be read,
   And glad both babes and nurses. Jonathan Swift.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frigidadjective

   cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate

2. Frigidadjective

   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. Frigidadjective

   wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent

4. Etymology: [L. frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; prob. akin to Gr. to shudder, or perh. to cold. Cf. Frill.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frigid

   frij′id, adj. frozen or stiffened with cold: cold: without spirit or feeling: unanimated.—n. Frigid′ity, coldness: coldness of affection: want of animation.—adv. Frig′idly.—n. Frig′idness.—adj. Frigorif′ic, causing cold.—Frigid zones, the parts of the earth's surface within the circle drawn with the poles as centre, and a radius of 23½ degrees. [L. frigidus—frigēre, to be cold—frigus, cold.]

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of frigid in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of frigid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of frigid in a Sentence

1. Ralph Goodale:

   Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba said at least 183 people walked across the border in frigid temperatures since Jan. 1. Goodale said the pace has picked up and it’s largely because of Trump’s executive order which temporarily banned visitors from predominantly-Muslim nations and expanded immigration enforcement across the U.S. The current accelerated rate started in the first week of February and we’ve been following this very, very closely.

2. Yvonne Owens:

   McCall is all about the nostalgia of the place, we have walked down those streets so many times. We have swum in that frigid water until we were pruney. We have hiked through those woods and picked huckleberries until our fingers were blue and our legs were sore. The people are wonderful and we enjoy shopping in the same stores and eating in the same restaurants every time we are there.

3. Julie Burchill:

   Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

4. Philippus Wester:

   This is the climate crisis you haven't heard of, global warming is on track to transform the frigid, glacier-covered mountain peaks of the HKH cutting across eight countries to bare rocks in a little less than a century.

5. Jennifer Burt:

   Compared to most transiting planets detected thus far, which often have scorching temperatures in the many hundreds or thousands of degrees, TOI-1231 b is positively frigid.

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