FRIG'ID, adjective [Latin frigidus, from frigeo, to be or to grow cold; rigeo, to be stiff or frozen. Gr.] 1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; as the frigid zone. 2. Wanting warmth of affection; unfeeling; as a frigid temper or constitution. 3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent. 4. Dull; jejune; unanimated; wanting the fire of genius or fancy; as a frigid style; frigid rhymes. 5. Stiff; formal; forbidding; as a frigid look or manner. 6. Wanting zeal; dull; formal; lifeless; as frigid services.
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