01 a. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.
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1.
Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.
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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.
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3.
Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent.
Phrases & compounds
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.