frigid
pronunciation
How to pronounce frigid in British English:
UK [ˈfrɪdʒɪd]
How to pronounce frigid in American English:
US [ˈfrɪdʒɪd]
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- Adjective:
- sexually unresponsive
- extremely cold
- devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
Word Origin
- frigid (adj.)
- 1620s, "intensely cold," from Latin frigidus "cold, chill, cool," figuratively "indifferent," also "flat, dull, trivial," from stem of frigere "be cold;" related to noun frigus "cold, coldness, frost," from Proto-Italic *srigos-, from PIE root *srig- "cold" (cognates: Greek rhigos "cold, frost"). The meaning "wanting in sexual heat" is attested from 1650s, originally of males. Related: Frigidly; frigidness.
Example
- 1. Could this frigid moon provide a welcoming environment for life ?
- 2. But experts did not connect the current frigid blast to climate change .
- 3. Dave thinks to himself , " poor guy , teachers are frigid . "
- 4. An octopus dwelling in the frigid waters of the antarctic doesn 't wear gloves on its tentacles , but it has found another way to endure the cold .
- 5. Because putting something on ice doesn 't necessarily keep it from changing : a new study finds that even in frigid , deep space environments , simple hydrocarbon molecules can react to become more complex ones .