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frigoric, n. and a.|frɪˈgɒrɪk|
[f. L. frīgor-, frīgus cold + -ic. Cf. F. frigorique n. (Littré Suppl.).]
†A. n. An imagined ‘imponderable’ substance supposed to be the cause of cold. Cf. caloric n.
1812Monthly Mag. XXXIV. 297 If..water has decreased in temperature, and dilated by the presence of frigoric, why should frigoric..produce a contrary effect [in mercury]?
B. adj. ‘Pertaining to or consisting in the application of cold’ (Cent. Dict.). rare.
1887Sci. Amer. N.S. LVI. 178 The conditions under which the frigoric service was to be introduced into the morgue. |