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Frigid

//ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.

    "A frigid, fine rain was falling."

  2. 2
    Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
  3. 3
    Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman. colloquial

    "In Italy, a plant called Pizza ugurdu is said to excite powerful erotic feelings even in the most frigid."

Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely cold wordnet
  2. 2
    devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain wordnet
  3. 3
    sexually unresponsive wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“I am cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.

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