frigidadj.

Brit.

/ˈfrɪdʒɪd/, U.S.

/ˈfrɪdʒᵻd/

Etymology: < Latin frīgidus, < frīgēre to be cold, < frīgus cold.

a. Intensely cold, devoid of heat or warmth, of a very low temperature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > very intensely cold

ice-coldeOE

frostyOE

frosty cold?a1430

frore1483

chill-cold1567

frory?1567

frostbiting1593

numb-cold1597

chilling-cold1616

frigidious1630

frigid1639

finger-cold1752

Siberian1789

freezy1827

ice-cool1853

Arctic1876

1639 J. Shirley Ball iv. sig. G2^v Your eye Will make the frigid region temperate, Should you but smile upon't.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing v. 46 If..in a Winter-night, we expose the liquor to the frigid air.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 4 Frigid applications, would..have induced a spontaneous separation.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 340 In these frigid regions, the scurvy becomes a very alarming disease.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 362 Frigid winds (or winds blowing over an extensive surface of ice).

1849 H. W. Longfellow Christmas Carol v Nuns in frigid cells At this holy tide.

1878 M. A. Brown tr. J. L. Runeberg Nadeschda 47 Like snow on the mountains, So white but yet so frigid.

b. frigid zone n. each of the two regions of the globe which lie within the north and south polar circles respectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > one of five > arctic

frigid zone1622

Arctic1678

snows1844

1597 A. Hartwell tr. D. Lopes Rep. Kingdome of Congo (title page) The two Zones, Torrida & Frigida.]

1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir v. sig. L Ile..hang thee In a contorted Chaine of Isicles I'th frigid Zone.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 4 The shudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly asserts that country for his own.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) i. 15 It conveys heat away from the torrid zone and ice from the frigid.

2. transferred. Wanting in sexual vigour; impotent. Now usually applied to women who are sexually unresponsive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > full of sexual desire > not

lustless1590

cold1602

frigid1660

undersexed1898

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of male > impotence

geld?c1335

cunt-beatenc1440

fumbling1576

impotent1615

frigid1660

anandrious1879

cockless1902

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 78 in Justice Vindicated If either party were precontracted, or frigid; these necessarily preceding the matrimony do dissolve the bond.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Frigid, a weak disabled Husband, cold, impotent.

1732 J. Swift Beasts' Confession in Wks. (1755) IV. i. 268 He was not much inclin'd To fondness for the female kind..Not from his frigid constitution, But through a pious resolution.

1893 J. A. Symonds Life Michelangelo II. 384 The whole weight of argument..leaves the impression on our mind that he was a man of physically frigid temperament, extremely sensitive to beauty of the male type.

1927 W. M. Gallichan Sexual Apathy i. 11 The frigid wife sheds an unconscious influence upon her children and those around her.

1953 J. S. van Teslaar tr. Stekel Frigidity in Woman v. 96 (heading) Psychology of the frigid woman.

1953 J. S. van Teslaar tr. Stekel Frigidity in Woman v. 97 On their part they remain frigid during the act.

1962 C. Allen Textbk. Psychosexual Disorders v. xiv. 279 Women who are frigid frequently show great fear of snakes and often dream of them.

3. figurative.

a. Destitute of ardour or warmth of feeling, lacking enthusiasm or zeal; cold, indifferent, apathetic; formal, stiff.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold or lacking warm feeling

winter-coldOE

coldc1175

cheald1340

umbrous1483

key-colda1535

frosty1548

frostbitten1564

icy1567

wintry1579

cold-hearteda1616

unwarmeda1625

dry1637

cool1641

frigidal1651

frigid1658

thieveless1725

cool-hearted1748

wintry1748

chill1751

cold as charity1795

freezing1813

ice-cold1815

chilly1841

impersonal1846

pincé1858

ice-cool1891

touch-me-not-ish1895

marmorean1902

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 75 To be content that times to come should only know there was such a man, not caring whether they knew more of him, was a frigid ambition in Cardan.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Worc. 169 His faint and frigid expressions thereof, manifested his mind rather to betray then defend it.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 18. ⁋3 The most frigid and inexorable judge.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 149. ⁋5 Our reception was rather frigid than malignant.

1807 Salmagundi 31 Dec. 389 Charms that might warm even the frigid heart of a dervise.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxviii. 326 The nobles..left matters to take their course with frigid indifference.

1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major III. xxxix. 224 Anne went home with her, bidding Loveday a frigid adieu.

absolute.1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 59 You will have at one view, the choleric..the frigid, the frothy..and the clamorous.

b. Said of things: Chilling, depressing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing

darkOE

unmerryOE

deathlyc1225

dolefulc1275

elengec1275

dreicha1300

coolc1350

cloudyc1374

sada1375

colda1400

deadlya1400

joylessc1400

unjoyful?c1400

disconsolatea1413

mournfula1425

funeralc1425

uncheerfulc1449

dolent1489

dolesome1533

heavy-hearted1555

glum1558

ungladsome1558

black1562

pleasureless1567

dern1570

plaintive?1570

glummish1573

cheerless1575

comfortless1576

wintry1579

glummy1580

funebral1581

discouraging1584

dernful?1591

murk1596

recomfortless1596

sullen1597

amating1600

lugubrious1601

dusky1602

sable1603

funebrial1604

damping1607

mortifying1611

tearful?1611

uncouth1611

dulsome1613

luctual1613

dismal1617

winterous1617

unked1620

mopish1621

godforsaken?1623

uncheerly1627

funebrious1630

lugubrous1632

drearisome1633

unheartsome1637

feral1641

drear1645

darksome1649

sadding1649

saddening1650

disheartening1654

funebrous1654

luctiferous1656

mestifical1656

tristifical1656

sooty1657

dreary1667

tenebrose1677

clouded1682

tragicala1700

funereal1707

gloomy1710

sepulchrala1711

dumpishc1717

bleaka1719

depressive1727

lugubre1727

muzzy1728

dispiriting1733

uncheery1760

unconsolatory1760

unjolly1764

Decemberly1765

sombre1768

uncouthie1768

depressing1772

unmirthful1782

sombrous1789

disanimating1791

Decemberish1793

grey1794

uncheering1796

ungenial1796

uncomforting1798

disencouraginga1806

stern1812

chilling1815

uncheered1817

dejecting1818

mopey1821

desponding1828

wisht1829

leadening1835

unsportful1837

demoralizing1840

Novemberish1840

frigid1844

morne1844

tragic1848

wet-blanketty1848

morgue1850

ungladdeneda1851

adusk1856

smileless1858

soul-sick1858

Novemberya1864

saturnine1863

down1873

lacklustre1883

Heaven-abandoneda1907

downbeat1952

doomy1967

1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. vi. 63 The frigid respectability and dilapidated grandeur of the Faubourg St. Germain.

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. iv. 32 Placed, not amid the frigid splendours of the drawing room, but..in his own particular den.

c. That leaves the imagination cold; that does not stir the fancy; lacking fire or spirit; dull, flat, insipid. †Formerly also (as Latin frigidus), of a reason, argument, etc.: Lacking force or point, senseless, absurd.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid

colourlessc1425

unsavouryc1449

wearish?1533

wersha1599

tasteless1603

tame1604

juiceless1620

water gruela1627

dry1632

soulless1632

frigid1643

vapid1656

insipida1684

fade1715

heartless1780

vapid1785

achromatic1799

sauceless1817

albuminous1858

antiseptic1891

flat-footed1899

unatmospheric1913

defanged1920

anodyne1933

spiceless1942

tea-party1961

nothingburger1965

1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 17 The pretended reason of it [is] as frigid as frigidity it self.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 112 Was ever any thing so forced, so frigid, so unworthy of refutation?

1713 T. Parnell Styles Poetry 65 Bleak level Realm, where Frigid Styles abound, Where never yet a daring thought was found.

1735 J. Swift On burning Dull Poem in Wks. II. 336 Methought..No Vessel but an Ass's Head, Such frigid Fustian could contain.

1839 H. Rogers Ess. II. iii. 138 The one shall impart the most frigid, and the other the most vivid conception of the meaning.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 273 He..gave vent to his feelings in a hundred and sixty lines of frigid bombast.

Derivatives

ˈfrigidly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in bland or insipid manner

colourlessly1572

tamely1600

flatly1644

frigidly1647

insipidly1699

vapidly1847

monochromatically1890

unatmospherically1913

anonymously1939

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb]

coldlya1240

bleak1590

frostily1616

chilly1759

chillinglyc1784

bleakly1795

icily1815

frigidly1844

chillilya1849

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > coldly or without warm feeling

freezinglya1420

coldly1550

frostily1616

coolly1627

chilly1640

wintry1691

chillinglyc1784

icily1825

wintrily1843

frozenly1851

frigidly1883

chillily1886

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark i. 22) And not as the Scribes. Frigidly and jejunely.

1697 W. Bates Harmony Divine Attrib. (ed. 4) xvii. 322 If in the Platonical Philosophy there are some things directing to it, yet they are but frigidly exprest.

1844 Hood's Mag. May 416 Ere her limbs frigidly Stiffen too rigidly.

1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxvi ‘What I have is quite enough’, said the..lady, somewhat frigidly.

ˈfrigidness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun]

coldeOE

cheldec1000

kelda1350

coldnessc1400

algor?1440

algory1623

algidity1656

frigidness1727

algidness1731

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Frigidness, coldness.

1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 Nat. Hist. 89/1 Lands doomed by nature to perpetual frigidness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frigid
释义	frigidadj. Brit. /ˈfrɪdʒɪd/, U.S. /ˈfrɪdʒᵻd/ Etymology: < Latin frīgidus, < frīgēre to be cold, < frīgus cold. 1. a. Intensely cold, devoid of heat or warmth, of a very low temperature. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > very intensely cold ice-coldeOE frostyOE frosty cold?a1430 frore1483 chill-cold1567 frory?1567 frostbiting1593 numb-cold1597 chilling-cold1616 frigidious1630 frigid1639 finger-cold1752 Siberian1789 freezy1827 ice-cool1853 Arctic1876 1639 J. Shirley Ball iv. sig. G2^v Your eye Will make the frigid region temperate, Should you but smile upon't. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing v. 46 If..in a Winter-night, we expose the liquor to the frigid air. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 4 Frigid applications, would..have induced a spontaneous separation. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 340 In these frigid regions, the scurvy becomes a very alarming disease. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 362 Frigid winds (or winds blowing over an extensive surface of ice). 1849 H. W. Longfellow Christmas Carol v Nuns in frigid cells At this holy tide. 1878 M. A. Brown tr. J. L. Runeberg Nadeschda 47 Like snow on the mountains, So white but yet so frigid. b. frigid zone n. each of the two regions of the globe which lie within the north and south polar circles respectively. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > one of five > arctic frigid zone1622 Arctic1678 snows1844 1597 A. Hartwell tr. D. Lopes Rep. Kingdome of Congo (title page) The two Zones, Torrida & Frigida.] 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir v. sig. L Ile..hang thee In a contorted Chaine of Isicles I'th frigid Zone. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 4 The shudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly asserts that country for his own. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) i. 15 It conveys heat away from the torrid zone and ice from the frigid. 2. transferred. Wanting in sexual vigour; impotent. Now usually applied to women who are sexually unresponsive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > full of sexual desire > not lustless1590 cold1602 frigid1660 undersexed1898 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of male > impotence geld?c1335 cunt-beatenc1440 fumbling1576 impotent1615 frigid1660 anandrious1879 cockless1902 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 78 in Justice Vindicated If either party were precontracted, or frigid; these necessarily preceding the matrimony do dissolve the bond. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Frigid, a weak disabled Husband, cold, impotent. 1732 J. Swift Beasts' Confession in Wks. (1755) IV. i. 268 He was not much inclin'd To fondness for the female kind..Not from his frigid constitution, But through a pious resolution. 1893 J. A. Symonds Life Michelangelo II. 384 The whole weight of argument..leaves the impression on our mind that he was a man of physically frigid temperament, extremely sensitive to beauty of the male type. 1927 W. M. Gallichan Sexual Apathy i. 11 The frigid wife sheds an unconscious influence upon her children and those around her. 1953 J. S. van Teslaar tr. Stekel Frigidity in Woman v. 96 (heading) Psychology of the frigid woman. 1953 J. S. van Teslaar tr. Stekel Frigidity in Woman v. 97 On their part they remain frigid during the act. 1962 C. Allen Textbk. Psychosexual Disorders v. xiv. 279 Women who are frigid frequently show great fear of snakes and often dream of them. 3. figurative. a. Destitute of ardour or warmth of feeling, lacking enthusiasm or zeal; cold, indifferent, apathetic; formal, stiff. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold or lacking warm feeling winter-coldOE coldc1175 cheald1340 umbrous1483 key-colda1535 frosty1548 frostbitten1564 icy1567 wintry1579 cold-hearteda1616 unwarmeda1625 dry1637 cool1641 frigidal1651 frigid1658 thieveless1725 cool-hearted1748 wintry1748 chill1751 cold as charity1795 freezing1813 ice-cold1815 chilly1841 impersonal1846 pincé1858 ice-cool1891 touch-me-not-ish1895 marmorean1902 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 75 To be content that times to come should only know there was such a man, not caring whether they knew more of him, was a frigid ambition in Cardan. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Worc. 169 His faint and frigid expressions thereof, manifested his mind rather to betray then defend it. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 18. ⁋3 The most frigid and inexorable judge. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 149. ⁋5 Our reception was rather frigid than malignant. 1807 Salmagundi 31 Dec. 389 Charms that might warm even the frigid heart of a dervise. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxviii. 326 The nobles..left matters to take their course with frigid indifference. 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major III. xxxix. 224 Anne went home with her, bidding Loveday a frigid adieu. absolute.1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 59 You will have at one view, the choleric..the frigid, the frothy..and the clamorous. b. Said of things: Chilling, depressing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. vi. 63 The frigid respectability and dilapidated grandeur of the Faubourg St. Germain. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. iv. 32 Placed, not amid the frigid splendours of the drawing room, but..in his own particular den. c. That leaves the imagination cold; that does not stir the fancy; lacking fire or spirit; dull, flat, insipid. †Formerly also (as Latin frigidus), of a reason, argument, etc.: Lacking force or point, senseless, absurd. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 17 The pretended reason of it [is] as frigid as frigidity it self. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 112 Was ever any thing so forced, so frigid, so unworthy of refutation? 1713 T. Parnell Styles Poetry 65 Bleak level Realm, where Frigid Styles abound, Where never yet a daring thought was found. 1735 J. Swift On burning Dull Poem in Wks. II. 336 Methought..No Vessel but an Ass's Head, Such frigid Fustian could contain. 1839 H. Rogers Ess. II. iii. 138 The one shall impart the most frigid, and the other the most vivid conception of the meaning. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 273 He..gave vent to his feelings in a hundred and sixty lines of frigid bombast. Derivatives ˈfrigidly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in bland or insipid manner colourlessly1572 tamely1600 flatly1644 frigidly1647 insipidly1699 vapidly1847 monochromatically1890 unatmospherically1913 anonymously1939 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb] coldlya1240 bleak1590 frostily1616 chilly1759 chillinglyc1784 bleakly1795 icily1815 frigidly1844 chillilya1849 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > coldly or without warm feeling freezinglya1420 coldly1550 frostily1616 coolly1627 chilly1640 wintry1691 chillinglyc1784 icily1825 wintrily1843 frozenly1851 frigidly1883 chillily1886 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark i. 22) And not as the Scribes. Frigidly and jejunely. 1697 W. Bates Harmony Divine Attrib. (ed. 4) xvii. 322 If in the Platonical Philosophy there are some things directing to it, yet they are but frigidly exprest. 1844 Hood's Mag. May 416 Ere her limbs frigidly Stiffen too rigidly. 1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxvi ‘What I have is quite enough’, said the..lady, somewhat frigidly. ˈfrigidness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] coldeOE cheldec1000 kelda1350 coldnessc1400 algor?1440 algory1623 algidity1656 frigidness1727 algidness1731 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Frigidness, coldness. 1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 Nat. Hist. 89/1 Lands doomed by nature to perpetual frigidness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1622
随便看	put the fox in charge of the henhouse put the frighteners in, on put the fritz on something put the frost on put the frost on something put the genie back in the bottle put the hard word on put the helm a-port put the helm aport put the hoodoo on put the indian sign on put the key under the door put the kibosh on put the knowledge of put the last hand to put the lid on put the lug on put the maginnis on put the make on put the miller's eye out put the mock on put the mocker on put the mockers on put the move on put the move on a person