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‖ frigidarium|frɪdʒɪˈdɛərɪəm|
[L., f. frīgid-us cold.]
The cooling-room in a Roman bath.
1706in Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1832Gell Pompeiana I. vi. 95 Here was certainly the frigidarium. 1840Hood Up Rhine 244 Grown men and women were wading up to their chins in a sort of Frigidarium.
b. transf. A room kept at a low temperature.
1892Q. Rev. Apr. 400 The chief rooms with all their ample fire-places were but miserable frigidaria. 1892Pall Mall G. 14 Apr. 2/2 Room..for fourteen in the frigidarium [of the Morgue]. |