A.coldness, cold, opp. θερμότης, Hp.VM16, Pl.R.437e; “ἡ τοῦ περιέχοντος ψ. καὶ στυγνότης” Plb.4.21.1: pl. “ψυχρότητες” chills, frosts, Plu.2.701b.
II. metaph. of persons, want of feeling, bad taste, D.18.256: sluggishness, Plu.Fab.17.
2. of exaggerated, glittering phrases and the like , frigidity, Longin.3.4, Agatharch.21, Demetr.Eloc.6, al.