frigorific

[frig-uh-rif-ik]

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adjective

causing or producing cold.

Origin of frigorific

1660–70; < Latin frīgorificus cooling, equivalent to frīgor- (stem of frīgus) cold + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic

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Related Words for frigorific

polar, raw, freezing, chilly, frigid, cold, glacial, frosty, arctic, biting, bitter, chill, chilling, gelid, glaring, shivery, antarctic, frigorific, iced, rimy

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Historical Examples of frigorific

This vaporization of liquids is a frigorific or cooling process, and when most rapid the frigorific effect reaches its maximum.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899
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British Dictionary definitions for frigorific

frigorific

adjective

obsolete causing cold or freezing

Word Origin for frigorific

C17: from French frigorifique, from Latin frīgorificus, from frīgus cold, coldness + facere to make

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Word Origin and History for frigorific

adj.

"causing cold," 1660s, from French frigorifique, from Late Latin frigorificus "cooling," from Latin frigus (genitive frigoris) "cold, cool, coolness" (see frigid) + -ficus "making," root of facere "make, do" (see factitious).