Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - frigid
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1. Frigid means extremely cold. (FORMAL) A snowstorm hit the West today, bringing with it frigid temperatures... = icy ADJ 2. If a woman is frigid, she finds it difficult to become sexually aroused. You can often use frigid to show disapproval. My husband says I am frigid. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • frigidity ...an inability to experience orgasm (often called frigidity). N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Latin ~us, from frigere to be cold; akin to Latin frigus frost, cold, Greek rhigos Date: 1619 1. a. intensely cold b. lacking warmth or ardor ; indifferent 2. lacking imaginative qualities ; insipid 3. a. abnormally averse to sexual intercourse — used especially of women b. of a female unable to achieve orgasm during sexual intercourse • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 a lacking friendliness or enthusiasm; apathetic, formal, forced. b dull, flat, insipid. c chilling, depressing. 2 (of a woman) sexually unresponsive. 3 (esp. of climate or air) cold. Phrases and idioms frigid zones the parts of the earth north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle. Derivatives frigidity n. frigidly adv. frigidness n. Etymology: L frigidus f. frigere be cold f. frigus (n.) cold ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. холодный frigid climate —- холодный климат 2. холодный; бесстрасный, безразличный frigid manner —- холодная менера обращения frigid smile —- ледяная улыбка frigid style —- скованный стиль frigid tone —- холодный тон to look down on smb. with frigid indifference —- относиться к кому-л с холодным безразличием 3. фригидная; сексуально холодная ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., from L. frigidus "cold, chill, cool," related to frigere "be cold," and frigus "cold, coldness, frost." The meaning "wanting in sexual heat" is attested from 1732. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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