rigor

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidness, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡə(r)
• Homophones: rigger, rigour

Noun

rigor (countable and uncountable; plural rigors)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of rigour.
2. (slang) an abbreviated form of rigor mortis.
   • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 4, paragraph 3

     Heat always upped the rate at which rigor gripped a corpse.

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Italian

Noun

rigor

1. apocopic form of rigore

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Latin

Etymology

From rigeō (“I am rigid”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈri.ɡor/

Noun

rigor (genitive rigōris); m, third declension

1. stiffness, rigidness
2. rigor, cold, harshness, severity

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	rigor	rigōrēs
genitive	rigōris	rigōrum
dative	rigōrī	rigōribus
accusative	rigōrem	rigōrēs
ablative	rigōre	rigōribus
vocative	rigor	rigōrēs

Derived terms

• rigōrātus

Related terms

rigefaciō rigēns rigeō rigēscō

rigidē rigiditās rigidō rigidus

Descendants

English: rigor, rigour French: rigueur Italian: rigore

Portuguese: rigor Romanian: rigoare Spanish: rigor

References

• rigor in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• rigor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rîɡor/
• Hyphenation: ri‧gor

Noun

rȉgor m. (Cyrillic spelling ри̏гор)

1. rigour

Declension

    declension of rigor

	singular
nominative	rigor
genitive	rigora
dative	rigoru
accusative	rigor
vocative	rigore
locative	rigoru
instrumental	rigorom

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rigor, rigoris.

Noun

rigor m. (plural rigores)

1. rigour