Weather words
What does “frigid” mean?
Frigid: when the cold stops being weather and starts being a personality.
Extremely cold: bitter, biting cold, well below freezing.
Get roasted by your own forecastFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.
“Frigid start to the week, single digits by morning.”
More about frigid
Frigid is stronger than cold or chilly. American forecasters and headlines use it for the deep cold of an arctic air mass.
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Where the word comes from
From the Latin frigidus, cold.
What I think of frigid
Frigid: when the cold stops being weather and starts being a personality.
Frigid air is the kind that makes your car complain before you do.
Frigid means even the thermometer looks uncomfortable.
Words people compare it with
- Cold snap: A short spell of unusually cold weather.
- Raw: Cold, damp and grey: the kind of cold that gets right into you.
- Hoarfrost: Feathery white ice crystals that grow on cold surfaces on a clear, still night.
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