frigidity
Americannoun
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the state or condition of being frigid.
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(in women) inhibition, not caused by a physical disorder or medication, of sexual excitement during sexual activity.
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Etymology
Origin of frigidity
1400–50; late Middle English frigidite coldness (< Middle French fregidité ) < Late Latin frīgiditās; see frigid, -ity
Example Sentences
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Frigidity being the stepmother of invention, David Putnam two years ago became proprietor of Stowe Woolens, Ltd., a manufacturer of sweaters and ski caps.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frigidity had settled, and hostility had been arrested only by indifference.
From Some Short Stories [by Henry James] by James, Henry
Frigidity and complaint of ill-usage made a glamour in every fold of her expensive garments; she was large and troubled and severe.
From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth
Frigidity and formality were driven away by the sunshine that brightened my stay at St. Louis.
From Memories and Anecdotes by Sanborn, Kate
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