ψυχρότης
ητος, ἡ
A.
coldness, cold, opp. θερμότης, Hp. VM 16, 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.