frigidity

noun

Definition of frigiditynext
as in coldness

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Recent Examples of frigidity However, something is belying Ciara’s frigidity during this conversation. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025 However, something is belying Ciara’s frigidity during this conversation. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025 Anticipating frigidity, the organizers of the 2025 iteration (Donald Trump’s, reprise) moved the event indoors, to the Capitol Rotunda, whose limited capacity of six hundred people helpfully delineated who was in and who was on the outs. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025

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