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rigid

English

Etymology

From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus (stiff), from rige? (I am stiff). Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged (upright like a spine, rigid, literally ridged), from ridge +? -ed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???d??d/
  • Rhymes: -?d??d

Adjective

rigid (comparative rigider or more rigid, superlative rigidest or most rigid)

  1. Stiff, rather than flexible.
    Synonym: inflexible
    Antonym: flexible
  2. Fixed, rather than moving.
    • 2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King,Penguin Books, page 5:
      A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standing rigid and still as toys.
    Antonym: moving
  3. Rigorous and unbending.
  4. Uncompromising.
    Antonym: compromising

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

rigid (plural rigids)

  1. (aviation) An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.
  2. A bicycle with no suspension system.

Synonyms

(airship):

  • Zeppelin (broad sense)

Hyponyms

(airship):

  • Zeppelin (narrow sense)

Hypernyms

(airship):

  • dirigible

Coordinate terms

(airship):

  • nonrigid
  • semirigid

References

  • rigid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • rigid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *regeti (to stretch), from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?- (to straighten, right oneself).

Verb

rigid (conjunct ·reig or ·raig)

  1. to stretch, to distend
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20a23
Inflection
Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: rigid
    • Irish: righ (to stretch)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *rigeti (bind), from Proto-Indo-European *rey?- (to bind, reach).

Verb

rigid (conjunct ·rig)

  1. to rule, direct
    • c. 700, Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy, §30
    • c. 800-840, Orthanach, A Chóicid chóem Chairpri chrúaid from the Book of Leinster, LL line 6094
Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: rigid

References

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 rigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (both etymologies)
  • Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 rigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (as root of derivatives of Etymology 2)

Romanian

Etymology

From French rigide.

Adjective

rigid m or n (feminine singular rigid?, masculine plural rigizi, feminine and neuter plural rigide)

  1. rigid

Declension

Related terms

  • rigiditate

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stony

English

Alternative forms

  • stoney (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English st?ni?, st?ni? (stony, rocky), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (stony), equivalent to stone +? -y. Cognate with Scots stany (stony), West Frisian stienich (stony), Dutch stenig (stony, metalled), German steinig (stony, rocky, gravelly), Swedish stenig (stony, rocky, pebbly).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?st??ni/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?sto?ni/
  • Rhymes: -??ni

Adjective

stony (comparative stonier, superlative stoniest)

  1. As hard as stone.
    Synonym: rock-hard
    Antonym: soft
  2. Containing or made up of stones.
    Synonyms: pebbly, rocky, shingly
  3. (figuratively) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
    Synonyms: cold, cool, hard-hearted, heartless, impassive, unemotional, unfeeling
    Antonyms: passionate, warm
  4. (figuratively) Of an action such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion.
    Synonyms: cold, cool, frosty, unwelcoming
    Antonyms: welcoming, warm
  5. (Britain and Australia, slang) Short for stony broke: without any money.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impoverished

Derived terms

  • stonily
  • stoniness
  • stony coral
  • stony-faced
  • stonyhearted

Translations

References

  • “stony, adj.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1917

Anagrams

  • Tonys, Tyson, synto

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • stoni, stani, stani?, stany, stonye

Etymology

From Old English st?ni?, from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?st??ni?/

Adjective

stony

  1. Comprised or composed of stone or rock
  2. Made or built of stone or rock
  3. Covered in stones or pebbles
  4. Inhabiting a stony environment
  5. (figuratively) emotionless; stolid
  6. (medicine) hard, solid

Descendants

  • English: stony
  • Scots: stany

References

  • “st?n?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

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