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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

frigidus

, fr.

frigere

to be cold; prob. akin to Gr. [GREEK] to shudder, or perh. to [GREEK] cold. Cf.

Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature;

as, a frigid climate

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.

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[GREEK] 28[GREEK] from the pole. See the Note under

Adj.

[L. frigidus, from frigeo, to be or to grow cold; rigeo, to be stiff or frozen. Gr.]

Cold; wanting heat or warmth; as the frigid zone.

Wanting warmth of affection; unfeeling; as a frigid temper or constitution.

Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent.

Dull; jejune; unanimated; wanting the fire of genius or fancy; as a frigid style; frigid rhymes.

Stiff; formal; forbidding; as a frigid look or manner.

Wanting zeal; dull; formal; lifeless; as frigid services.