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rigid definition

rigid (rij′id)

adjective

  1. not bending or flexible; stiff and hard a rigid metal girder
  2. not moving; set
  3. severe; strict; exacting a rigid taskmaster
    1. not deviating; rigorous rigid regulations
    2. precise; exact rigid specifications
  5. Aeron. having a rigid framework that encloses containers for the gas: said of an airship

Etymology: L rigidus < rigere, to be stiff, numb < IE base *(s)rig-, cold > frigid

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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Rigid, for all you children out there who want to know what
it means in an easier meaning, is actually hard or stiff or even tough. It can be put into this sentence,The teacher’s rigid face frightened me, as it was so strict and solemn.

Posted by anonymous 67 days ago.

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