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frigid.

Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd/
  1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.

  2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.

  3. Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos Proto-Italic *srīgos Latin frīgus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin frīgeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin frīgidusbor. English frigid Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.

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