stiffness
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
- (countable, uncountable) Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
- (countable, uncountable) Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
- (countable, uncountable) Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
Synonyms
stand-offishness
inflexibily
Translations
Steifigkeit
rigidez
rigidité
rigidez
stijfheid
rigidezzaFrequency
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English stiffenes, styffenesse, styfnesse; equivalent to stiff + -ness. Perhaps merging with Middle English stithnesse, stithnysse, from Old English stīþness (“stiffness”).
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