Word: frigid
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...himself in one corner of the building, in order that the rest of the assembly might attempt to keep warm; and every one looked that way whenever this great functionary raised his eyes, and, turning up their coat-collars, remarked to one another that the weather was frigid...
Much time was then consumed in a debate upon the constitution, submitted by a committee composed of Roscoe C-nkl-ng, the Czar of Russia, and Mr. P-rnell. The frigid one in the corner, who had hitherto been silent, declared that it was too arbitrary, and also inconsistent with the popular manners of the Club. Dizzy thought that it might injure Turkey's influence in the English cabinet, or even pacify the Boers; and W-m Ang-ll H-vey of the Transcriber was very much averse to any measure that might increase the duty upon Hamburg edgings...
...relations of instructors to students have been frequently discussed, but rarely to the advantage of the former. Instructors, it is assumed are invariably as stiff as Prussian grenadiers, and as frigid as icebergs. That there is a lack of cordiality between instructor and student cannot be denied; that much of this is due to the instructor must also be admitted; but that the whole is due to him is not true. Last year a professor who taught four courses, each taken by some 50 or 60 men, repeatedly extended invitations to his pupils to call on him. For this purpose...
...extremely polite gentleman invited me to call on him at nine the following morning, saying he would like to have me meet His Honor the Judge and a few friends. The Judge, the Great Mogul, the High Muckamuck, was quite enough; he must have been a foreigner, for with frigid smile and withering glance he said: "Ignorantia non excuset; four dollars and nine cents, please." I told him I never spoke the language in my life, but supposed it was all right, paid him for his exertions, and hoped he had not dislocated any thing...
...within hailing distance. I can sit here all day wrapped in that absolute quiet which is so essential to the production of the best lies. But I have society - plenty of it - when I feel sociable. I am sorry to say that most of the time I am as frigid as a frozen walrus; when, however, my nature craves a more genial atmosphere, all I have to do is to step downstairs, for there are always to be found Faith, Hope, and Charity, - my landlady's daughters. I shall not describe their beauty, for you would all come rushing down...