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Frigidity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a lack of affection or enthusiasm wordnet
  3. 3
    Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the absence of heat wordnet
  5. 5
    Lack of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency. countable, uncountable

    "It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation."

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  1. 6
    sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse wordnet
  2. 7
    Lack of or low sex drive; a persistent inability to become aroused or achieve sexual satisfaction. countable, uncountable

    "In France, Mme. de Pompadour was induced by Louis XV to eat such testicles in order to break down her frigidity."

Etymology

From Middle English frigiditee, frigidite, a borrowing from Middle French frigidité, itself a borrowing from Latin frīgiditātem, accusative of Latin frīgiditās.

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