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frigid
 
SYLLABICATION:frig·id
PRONUNCIATION:  frjd
ADJECTIVE:1. Extremely cold. See synonyms at cold. 2. Lacking warmth of feeling. 3. Stiff and formal in manner: a frigid refusal to a request. 4. Persistently averse to sexual intercourse.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin frgidus, cold, from frgus, the cold.
OTHER FORMS:fri·gidi·ty (fr-jd-t) , frigid·ness —NOUN
frigid·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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