Frĭg/o-rĭf'ĭc or Frĭg/o-rĭf'ĭc-al, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. frigorificus, from frigor, frigoris, cold, and facere, to make; Fr. frigorifique, It. frigorifico.] Causing cold; producing or generating cold. Quincy.