rigour
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French rigor, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”). Compare French rigueur.
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Noun[edit]
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:
- A trembling or shivering response.
- Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- Shrewd questioning.
- Higher level of difficulty.
- (Britain, slang) Misspelling of rigor. An abbreviated form of rigour mortis.
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Translations[edit]
a harsh or severe experience
trembling or shivering response
character of being unyielding or inflexible
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an abbreviated form of rigor mortis
shrewd questioning
higher level of difficulty
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Further reading[edit]
- rigour in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rigour in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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