Ma'anar ƙamus na "frigidity" ko "jinkirin" shine inganci ko yanayin sanyi sosai ko rashin jin daɗi, motsin rai, ko sha'awar jima'i. Yana iya nufin sanyi na jiki ko na zuciya, kuma ana amfani da shi sau da yawa don kwatanta rashin sha'awa ko sha'awa. A cikin mahallin jima'i, frigidity na iya nufin rashin iya sha'awar jima'i ko inzali. Har ila yau, a wasu lokuta ana amfani da kalmar ta hanyar wulakanci don siffanta mutumin da aka ɗauka a matsayin wanda ba ya ji ko kuma ba shi da amsa.
1. I laid as torpid as the air I sucked in until my numbing skin started soaking in the frigidness of my wet clothing.