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[Lat. frigid us =cold, from frigeo = to be cold; frig us =cold; cogn. with Gr. rhigos = cold; Ital. & Sp. frigido.] I. Lit .: Cold, cool; wanting heat or warmth. "There is also a great difference betwixt the degrees in coldne in the air of frigid regions and of England."Boyle: Works , ii. 509. II. Figuratively : 1. Cold; wanting in warmth of feeling or zeal; stiff, cool, forbidding; as, a frigid manner. 2. Dull, lifele ; without animation or spirit. "Bleak level realm, where frigid styles abound." Parnell: To Lord Viscount Bolingbroke . *3. Without natural heat or vigor; impotent. For the difference between frigid and cool , see COOL. frigid zones, s. pl. Math. & Geog.: The two cold zones or imaginary belts encircling the world. The former contains what mathematicians would call the small circle of the earthly sphere, having the North Pole for its center and the Arctic circle (23° 28' distant) for its circumference. Similarly the latter has the South Pole for its center, and the Antarctic circle (23° 28') for its circumference. Within these limits there is but one day and one night in the year, each nominally six months in duration, but the day is really considerably longer than the normal amount, owing to the influence of refraction in keeping the sun above the horizon. The intense cold of winter covers every land within the limits with glaciers and congeals immense expanses of every sea. The heat of summer, on the contrary, is much above what might be expected, for, though the solar beams are very oblique, yet, continuing for half a year without intervals of night, they produce great effects. It is a geological problem how plants, now found fo il in the polar latitudes, managed to pa undestroyed through the long winter. The Frigid is called also the Frozen Zone. frig-I-där-I-ŭm, s. [Lat.] Anc. Arch.: An apartment not warmed artificially, in which the cold bath was placed. The term is now applied to the cooling room in a Turkish bath. "Though the ruffle had vanished, A frill like a fan had by no means been banished." Barham: In golds by Legends; Aunt Fanny. Putting on frills: Dre ing showily; putting on airs. frill-lizard, s. Zoology: The Australian reptile genus Chlamy dosaurus. It has an erectile membranous plaited frill on its neck.