Definition of frigid
1a : intensely cold
frigid water
b : lacking warmth or ardor : indifferent had an emotionally frigid father
2 : lacking imaginative qualities : insipid writing precise and frigid poetry
3a : abnormally averse to sexual intercourse
—used especially of women
b of a female : unable to achieve orgasm during sexual intercourse
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The first known use of frigid was in 1619
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