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infrigidation|ɪnfrɪdʒɪˈdeɪʃən|
[ad. late L. infrīgidātiōn-em, n. of action from infrīgidāre: see prec. Cf. OF. infrigidation (14th c. in Godef.).]
The action of cooling or condition of being cooled, refrigeration.
1590P. Barrough Meth. Physick vii. xi. (1639) 399 If..we think that there be greater need of infrigidation and cooling. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. ix. 30 All Infrigidation is performed by transfusion of a Spirit, as Rooms are cool by strewing of Herbs, Flags, and Aspersion of sweet Water. 1709Steele Tatler No. 126 ⁋2 She had also the Power of communicating it [the spirit of continency] to all who beheld her. This the Scoffers of those Days called, The Gift of Infrigidation. 1886in Syd. Soc. Lex. |