frigidity
noun
fri·gid·i·ty
fri-ˈji-də-tē 
: the quality or state of being frigid
the frigidity of winter
specifically
: diminished or absent sexual desire or response
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However, something is belying Ciara’s frigidity during this conversation.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Anticipating frigidity, the organizers of the 2025 iteration (Donald Trump’s, reprise) moved the event indoors, to the Capitol Rotunda, whose limited capacity of six hundred people helpfully delineated who was in and who was on the outs.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Still cold and a bit blustery tomorrow, just not quite on par with today’s frigidity.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
The same phenomenon may be causing abnormal spells of extreme heat and blasts of polar frigidity, because the jet stream winds that normally break up weather patterns and drive storm systems are weaker.
—Scott Dance and Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2022
Yet the effect is of the gentle quiet of snowfall, rather than the lethal frigidity of an icicle.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Anticipating frigidity, the organizers of the 2025 iteration (Donald Trump’s, reprise) moved the event indoors, to the Capitol Rotunda, whose limited capacity of six hundred people helpfully delineated who was in and who was on the outs.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Still cold and a bit blustery tomorrow, just not quite on par with today’s frigidity.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
The same phenomenon may be causing abnormal spells of extreme heat and blasts of polar frigidity, because the jet stream winds that normally break up weather patterns and drive storm systems are weaker.
—Scott Dance and Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2022
Yet the effect is of the gentle quiet of snowfall, rather than the lethal frigidity of an icicle.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
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“Frigidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frigidity. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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frigidity
noun
fri·gid·i·ty
frij-ˈid-ət-ē
plural frigidities
: marked or abnormal sexual indifference especially in a woman
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