Definition for FRI-GID'I-TY

FRI-GID'I-TY, n.

  1. Coldness; want of warmth. But not applied to the air or weather.
  2. Want of natural heat, life and vigor of body; impotency: imbecility; as, the frigidity of old age.
  3. Coldness of affection.
  4. Dullness; want of animation or intellectual fire; as, the frigidity of sentiments or style.

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