frigid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“I am cold”), from frigus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-.
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Adjective[edit]
frigid (comparative frigider or more frigid, superlative frigidest or most frigid)
- Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
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2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, page 98:
- 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.
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- Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
- (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.
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Translations[edit]
very cold
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chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive
sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman
References[edit]
- frigid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- frigid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frigid (neuter frigidt, definite and plural frigide)
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References[edit]
- “frigid” in Den Danske Ordbog