frigid

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective sexually unresponsive
  2. adjective extremely cold
  3. adjective devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.

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Synonyms

cold

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