frig´id|ness

frig´id|ness
frig|id «FRIHJ ihd», adjective.
1. very cold: »

Eskimos are used to living in a frigid climate.

SYNONYM(S): See syn. under cold. (Cf.cold)
2. Figurative. cold in feeling or manner; stiff; chilling: »

a frigid stare. He received a frigid greeting from the man he had insulted.

3. (of females) sexually indifferent or not responsive; disliking sexual intercourse.
[< Latin frīgidus, related to frīgēre be cold]
frig´id|ly, adverb.
frig´id|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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