rigour

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Synoniemen

(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”).

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/

Overgenomen van Middelengels

rigour

Verwant aan Frans

rigueur

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.