frigidity

[fri-jid-i-tee]

noun

1. the state or condition of being frigid.

2. (in women) inhibition, not caused by a physical disorder or medication, of sexual excitement during sexual activity.

Other Word Forms

• nonfrigidity noun
• unfrigidity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of frigidity¹

1400–50; late Middle English frigidite coldness (< Middle French fregidité ) < Late Latin frīgiditās; frigid, -ity