frigid

Meaning

  1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
  2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
  3. (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd/
Etymology

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

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