rigour
Betekenis (Engels)
- (countable, uncountable) Severity or strictness.
- (countable, uncountable) Harshness, as of climate.
- (countable, uncountable) A trembling or shivering response.
- (countable, uncountable) Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- (countable, uncountable) Shrewd questioning.
- (countable, uncountable) Higher level of difficulty.
- (British, alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable) Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
Synoniemen
sterness
inclementness
tightly knit
inflexibily
pipsquancy
Vertalingen
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/
Etymologie (Engels)
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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