rigour.
Severity or strictness.
Meaning & usage
Severity or strictness.
Harshness, as of climate.
A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.
Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
Shrewd questioning.
Higher level of difficulty.
Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
Where this word comes from
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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