frigorific

[ frig-uh-rif-ik ]

adjective

1. causing or producing cold.

frigorific

/ ˌfrɪɡəˈrɪfɪk /

adjective

1. obsolete.
   causing cold or freezing

Word History and Origins

Origin of frigorific¹

1660–70; < Latin frīgorificus cooling, equivalent to frīgor- (stem of frīgus ) cold + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic

Word History and Origins

Origin of frigorific¹

C17: from French frigorifique , from Latin frīgorificus , from frīgus cold, coldness + facere to make

Example Sentences

Rumford's views respecting frigorific rays have not been generally accepted, and Prevost's theory of exchanges completely explains the apparent radiation of cold without supposing that cold is anything else than the mere absence of heat.

From Project Gutenberg

The following is the substance of his remarks on this subject:— "Forests act as frigorific causes in three ways: "1.

From Project Gutenberg

Hume, Smith, and Chesterfield may be quoted to prove, that Walpole and Excise were improper objects of execration; but an emanation of royal munificence has, of late, relaxed the Doctor's frigorific virtue; and, in his False Alarm, he affirms, that our government approaches nearer to perfection, than any other that fiction has feigned, or history recorded.

From Project Gutenberg

The antipathy he evokes with his frigorific stare is all the more violent because he is an upper-class rotter, and the only actor since Erich von Stroheim and Charles Coburn who can wear a monocle without looking as if he is going to drop it in his soup.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his experiments on this subject he arrived at some valuable conclusions, in regard to the varieties in their volume and temperature which are exhibited by particular fluids when combined, as well as on frigorific mixtures.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• chilly
• cold
• freezing
• frigid
• frosty
• glacial
• polar
• raw