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rigidity
English
Etymology
rigid +? -ity, from Latin rigiditas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???d???d?ti/
Noun
rigidity (countable and uncountable, plural rigidities)
- The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
- The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
Synonyms
- rigidness
Antonyms
- flexibility
- ductility
- malleability
- softness
Translations
References
- rigidity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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rigour
English
Alternative forms
- rigor (US)
Etymology
From Middle English rigour, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French rigor, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”). Compare French rigueur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????(?)/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
- Homophones: rigor, rigger
Noun
rigour (countable and uncountable, plural rigours)
- Severity or strictness.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 1:13–14:
- And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 1:13–14:
- Harshness, as of climate.
- A trembling or shivering response.
- Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- Shrewd questioning.
- Higher level of difficulty. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (Britain) Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
Related terms
- rigid
- rigorous
- rigorousness
Translations
Further reading
- rigour in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rigour in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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