Dictionary entry

Frigid

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.