rigid
Meaning
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- Stiff, rather than flexible.
- Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.
- Fixed, rather than moving.
- Rigorous and unbending.
- Uncompromising.
Synonyms
Unrelenting
looking grim
not natural
stiff necked
non-deformable
stong
firm and unyielding
hard-set
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/
Etymology
From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus (“stiff”), from rigeō (“I am stiff”). Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged (“upright like a spine, rigid”, literally “ridged”), from ridge + -ed.
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