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frigid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• frĭj'ĭd
• /ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos Proto-Italic *srīgos Latin frīgus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin frīgeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin frīgidusbor. English frigid Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.

Meanings

1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
   • 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. 2013 March 14, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2016, page 98:
   • A frigid, fine rain was falling. 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 427:
2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
3. (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.
   • In Italy, a plant called Pizza ugurdu is said to excite powerful erotic feelings even in the most frigid. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 125:

Forms

Antonyms

fervid

Deriveds

infrigidant · frigidization · frigid zone · frigidness · anemofrigid · frigidity · nonfrigid · unfrigid · frigidly

Synonyms

cold

Translations (50)

mk сту́ден (very cold) · no frigid (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · mi mātaratara (very cold) · de kalt (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · mi hōkiwai (very cold) · fr frigide (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · pt frígido (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · ga fuarchúiseach (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · mk ла́ден (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · fr frigide (very cold) · pdt kolt (nds) (very cold) · fi hyinen (very cold) · bg фригиден (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · fi frigidi (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · es frígido (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · mk сту́ден (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · ru о́чень холо́дный (very cold) · cs frigidní (very cold) · eo malvarmega (very cold) · es frígido (very cold) · ca frígid (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · cs ledový (very cold) · it gelido (very cold) · ka ფრიგიდული (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · fi kylmä (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · ru моро́зный (very cold) · es frío (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · ca frígid (very cold) · fi hyinen (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · bg безчувствен (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · fi jääkylmä (very cold) · ka გულგრილი (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · la frīgidus (very cold) · cs frigidní (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · bg мразовит (very cold) · bg студен (very cold) · no iskald (very cold) · sv frigid (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · mk ла́ден (very cold) · ca fred (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · fi jäätävä (very cold) · pdt frostich (very cold) · eo frosta (very cold) · ota صوغوق (very cold) · fi jäätävä (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · bg студен (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · mk фри́гиден (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman) · sv kylig (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · ota روحسز (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive) · ru фриги́дный (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman)