frigidity
Meanings
Plural: frigidities
Noun
- sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse
- the absence of heat
- a lack of affection or enthusiasm
- The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.
- Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity.
- Lack of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency.
- Lack of or low sex drive.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English frigiditee, frigidite, a borrowing from Middle French frigidité, itself a borrowing from Latin frīgiditātem, accusative of Latin frīgiditās.
Synonyms
chilliness, cold, coldness, coolness, dullness, frigidness, iciness, low temperature
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
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