frigid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: frigid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for frigid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frigid adj sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman" Synonym(s): cold, frigid extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" Synonym(s): arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" Synonym(s): frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frigid \Frig"id\, a. [L. frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; prob. akin to Gr. [?] to shudder, or perh. to [?] cold. Cf. {Frill}.] 1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate. 2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service. 3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent. --Johnson. {Frigid zone}, that part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23[?] 28[?] from the pole. See the Note under {Arctic}.