rigour

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Severity or strictness.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Harshness, as of climate.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A trembling or shivering response.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
  5. (countable, uncountable) Shrewd questioning.
  6. (countable, uncountable) Higher level of difficulty.
  7. (British, alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable) Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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.

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