rigour

English

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Alternative forms

• rigor (US)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French rigor, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidness, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”). Compare French rigueur.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
• Homophones: rigor, rigger

Noun

rigour (plural rigours)

1. Severity or strictness.
2. A trembling or shivering response.
3. Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
4. Shrewd questioning.
5. Higher level of difficulty.
6. (UK, slang) Common misspelling of rigor. An abbreviated form of rigour mortis.

Related terms

• rigid
• rigorous
• rigorousness

Translations

a harsh or severe experience

• Romanian: severitate (ro) f, rigoare (ro) f

a trembling or shivering response

character of being unyielding or inflexible

• French: rigueur (fr) f
• Romanian: rigurozitate (ro) f, fermitate (ro) f

an abbreviated form of rigor mortis

shrewd questioning

higher level of difficulty

• Romanian: asprime (ro) f, severitate (ro) f

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: rigor (sh) m
• French: rigueur (fr) f

• Italian: rigore (it) m

External links

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