Rigor Definition

rĭgər
rigors
noun
rigors
Harshness or severity.
Webster's New World
A harsh or trying circumstance; a hardship or difficulty.
The rigors of working in a coal mine.
American Heritage
Exactness in precision or accuracy; exactitude.
Webster's New World
A severe, harsh, or oppressive act, etc.
Webster's New World
A standard or exacting requirement, as of a field of study.
The intellectual rigors of advanced mathematics.
American Heritage
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Origin of Rigor

  • Middle English rigour from Old French from Latin rigor from rigēre to be stiff reig- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidness, rigor, cold, harshness"), from rigere (“to be rigid").

    From Wiktionary

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