rigor
Meanings
Plural: rigors
Noun
- something hard to endure
- the quality of being valid and rigorous
- excessive sternness
- "the rigors of boot camp"
- US spelling of rigour.
- A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.
- Ellipsis of rigor mortis.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”).
Synonyms
asperity, cogency, grimness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness, validity
Scrabble Score: 6
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