Frigid vs Prim - What's the difference?
frigid | prim | Synonyms |
Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
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Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
(colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.
prudish, straight-laced
formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
(dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
(dated) To dress or act smartly.
Frigid is a synonym of prim.
As an adjective frigid
is very cold; lacking warmth; icy.As a noun prim is
prime (the first note or tone of a musical scale).frigid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.}}
Antonyms
* fervidReferences
* *prim
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) prim, prin, from (etyl) (lena) .Adjective
(primmer)- prim''' regularity; a '''prim person
- (Jonathan Swift)