Word For The Day, Tuesday, August 30, 2011 In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day". frigorific [frig-uh-rif-ik] -adjCausing or producing cold[1660–70; < Latin frīgorificus cooling, equivalent to frīgor- (stem of frīgus ) cold + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic ]