Frig"id (?), a. [L. frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; prob. akin to Gr.
&?; to shudder, or perh. to &?; cold. Cf. Frill.] 1. Cold; wanting heat
or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.
2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling;
forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a
frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid
obedience or service.
3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative
power; impotent. Johnson.
Frigid zone, that part of the earth which lies between either polar
circle and its pole. It extends 23&?; 28&?; from the pole. See the Note
under Arctic.
||Frig"i*da`ri*um (?), n.; pl. Frigidaria (#). [L., neut. of
||frigidarium cooling.] The cooling room of the Roman thermÊ, furnished
||with a cold bath.
Fri*gid"i*ty (?), n. [L. frigiditas: cf. F. frigiditÈ.] 1. The
condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth.
Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air.
Sir T. Browne.
2. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or
of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a
reception, of a bow, etc.