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n. - A lack of affection or enthusiasm; The absence of heat.

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  • I’ve often used this column to complain about men and their invented word of "frigidness," which is nothing more than proof of poor technique, while at the same time...
  • "I have a purchase to make here," she said with as much frigidness in her tones as she could call up.
  • It was so cold outside that the fire and the bed warmers did little to bite into the frigidness of the room.
  • Increase of mass and loss of energy had slowed her spin, had shoved her farther and farther away from the Sun, pushing her out and into the frigidness of space.
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