Frigidity

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Coldness; want of heat.
  • noun. Coldness of feeling, manner, or quality; want of ardor, animation, or vivacity in action or manifestation; chilliness; dullness.
  • noun. Want of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth.
  • noun. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality
  • noun. Want of heat or vigor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.
  • noun. Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity; chilliness; dullness.
  • noun. Want of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse
  • noun. the absence of heat
  • noun. a lack of affection or enthusiasm
  • Word Usage
    "According to the 2008 book Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach, Marie first consulted Sigmund Freud for treatment of what she described as her frigidity, which was later described as a failure to have orgasms during missionary position intercourse."
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