Frigid

Pronunciation

• enPR: frÄ­j'Ä­d, IPA: /ˈfɹɪdʒɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪd

Origin

From Latin frīgidus ("cold"), from frīgeō ("I am cold"), from frigus ("cold, coldness"), from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Full definition of frigid

Adjective

1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
• 2013-03, Nancy Langston, Mining the Boreal North, 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.
2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
3. (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

Related terms

• frigidity
• frigidly
• frigidness

Antonyms

• fervid