Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frigify

/ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪfaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frigi-fy
IPA: /ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪfaɪ/

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make cold or frigid.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…]then frigify it, & reſerve it in a pot, & drinck heerof thrice a vveecke, at Even, and at Morne, a ſpoone full, this corrobarateth the Braynes, and is adiuvable to the Memorye, and cauſeth Sleep."
"I saw at once that modern conventionalities would not be able to frigify such a mass as was here thrown together[…]"
"Is It true, though fathomless, that at certain depths thy cold is so intense as to frigify any animal submerged?"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin frīgēficō, frīgēficāre, causative of Classical frīgeō.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

frigifies (present, singular) frigifying (participle, present) frigified (participle, past) frigified (past) frigefy (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce frigify?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪfaɪ/.
What does frigify mean?: To make cold or frigid.
Where does frigify come from?: Learned borrowing from New Latin frīgēficō, frīgēficāre, causative of Classical frīgeō.

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