English Explanatory Dictionary

frigid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
  2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
  3. Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

Pronunciation

frĭj'ĭd /ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd/ en-us-frigid.ogg

Word forms

frigid more frigid frigider most frigid frigidest

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos Proto-Italic *srīgos Latin frīgus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin frīgeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin frīgidusbor. English frigid Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.

Antonyms

fervid

Derived words

anemofrigid frigidity frigidization frigidly frigidness frigid zone infrigidant nonfrigid unfrigid
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