different between frigid vs unstirred

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fr?gidus (“cold”), from fr?ge? (“I am cold”), from fr?gus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fr?j'?d, IPA^(key): /?f??d??d/
• Rhymes: -?d??d

Adjective

frigid (comparative frigider or more frigid, superlative frigidest or most frigid)

1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
3. (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

Antonyms

• fervid

Related terms

• frigidity
• frigidly
• frigidness

Translations

References

• frigid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• frigid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Danish

Adjective

frigid

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Inflection

Related terms

• frigiditet

References

• “frigid” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?i??i?t]
• Hyphenation: fri?git

Adjective

frigid (comparative frigider, superlative am frigidesten)

1. Alternative form of frigide

Declension

Further reading

• “frigid” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French frigide, Latin frigidus. See also frig.

Adjective

frigid m or n (feminine singular frigid?, masculine plural frigizi, feminine and neuter plural frigide)

1. frigid

Declension

Related terms

• frigiditate
• frig

English

Etymology

un- +? stirred

Adjective

unstirred (comparative more unstirred, superlative most unstirred)

1. That has not been mixed by stirring.
2. Not stirred or emotionally excited.
   • 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette

     Inadventurous, unstirred by impulses of practical ambition, I was capable of sitting twenty years teaching infants the hornbook, turning silk dresses and making children's frocks.

Anagrams

• intruders, nutriders