frigid Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig., of temperament, style, etc. • frigid: I. Lit.: frīgĭdus: v. cold. II. Fig., of temperament, style, etc.: frīgĭdus: no f. maiden, non fr. virgo, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 5: jokes brought from home (ready made) are apt to be f., ridicula domo allata plerumque sunt fr., Cic. Or. 26, 89 (v. flat, II.): tame in speaking, and almost f., lentus in dicendo et paene fr., Cic. Br. 48, 177: f. and childish affectation, f. et puerilis affectatio, Quint. 4, 1, 77. Dimin. frigidiusculus (somewhat f.), Gell. 3, 10, fin.