frigid
adjective
very cold in temperature.
frigidness
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a word derived from
frigid.
Example Sentences
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Its solemnity and frigidness mean it is also a place with a strong ethic of live-and-let-live.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2017
In spite of their proverbial frigidness under all conditions, Boston's best began to get fidgety.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson
Friction produces fire, and when there are wise hands to supply suitable material on both sides, a genial glowing heat is the result, which thaws out the frigidness that otherwise might exist.
From Talkers With Illustrations by John Bate
"I have a purchase to make here," she said with as much frigidness in her tones as she could call up.
From The Motor Girls by Margaret Penrose
Thus the golden Fate turns and keeps turning; it is only when, through frigidness or fear, we refuse to revolve with it, that there ensues the discord of despair.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 by Various
