rigour
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rigour
- /ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/ Australia, UK
Sounds like rigor, rigger · Rhymes with -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun rigours · rigor
- Severity or strictness. 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.
- Harshness, as of climate.
- A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.
- Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- Shrewd questioning.
- Higher level of difficulty.
- Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
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noun severity or strictness
| Español | rigor, riguridad |
|---|---|
| Русский | стро́гость strógostʹ, суро́вость suróvostʹ, твёрдость tvjórdostʹ |
noun harshness
| Română | severitate, rigoare |
|---|---|
| Русский | суро́вость suróvostʹ |
noun trembling or shivering response
| Русский | оцепене́ние ocepenénije |
|---|
noun character of being unyielding or inflexible
| Français | rigueur |
|---|---|
| Română | rigurozitate, fermitate |
| Русский | неумоли́мость neumolímostʹ, неукосни́тельность neukosnítelʹnostʹ |
noun higher level of difficulty
| Português | rigor |
|---|---|
| Română | asprime, severitate |
| Русский | тя́готы tjágoty, тя́жесть tjážestʹ |
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