frigefact

transitive verb

-ed/-ing/-s

obsolete

: chill

frigefaction noun

plural -s

obsolete

frigefactive adjective obsolete

Word History

Etymology

Latin frigefactare, from frigēre to be cold, freeze + factare to make, do, frequentative of facere to make, do

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