Frigid \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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