Synonyms for frigidity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fri-jid-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : frɪˈdʒɪd ɪ ti |
Définition of frigidity
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French frigidité (15c.), from Late Latin frigiditatem (nominative frigiditas) "the cold," from Latin frigidus "cold" (see frigid).
- noun impassivity
- To no end did Barrington exert himself to conceal or counteract this frigidity.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- At the house is formality and frigidity; at the home is ease and enjoyment.
- Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
- But "the frigidity of the modern productions" was "inherent."
- Extract from : « Four Americans » by Henry A. Beers
- His frigidity froze most people if he chose; and avoidance was not difficult.
- Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page
- Moonlight, therefore, frequently involves the idea of frigidity.
- Extract from : « Moon Lore » by Timothy Harley
- Frigidity had settled, and hostility had been arrested only by indifference.
- Extract from : « Some Short Stories » by Henry James
- Most of the other kinds of frigidity, however, can be cured.
- Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
- Julien was rewarded for the frigidity which he put into those words.
- Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
- But I hate the frigidity of the style in which I am forced to address him.
- Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
- The lady's manner was a happy mixture of frigidity and crossness.
- Extract from : « Love Me Little, Love Me Long » by Charles Reade
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