rigor

rig·or

Use rigor in a sentence

The intense rigor of the triathlon training bootcamp prepares the athletes for the race.

noun

Rigor is something strict, severe or demanding.

Harsh and strict treatment in the military for cadets is an example of rigor.
Freezing weather and ice are examples of the rigors of winter.
Difficult and challenging academic courses are an example of academic rigor.

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rigor

harshness or severity; specif.,
1. strictness or inflexibility: the rigor of martial law
2. extreme hardship or difficulty: the rigors of life
3. inclemency, as of weather
exactness in precision or accuracy; exactitude
a severe, harsh, or oppressive act, etc.
stiffness; rigidity; specif., a condition of rigidity in bodily tissues or organs, in which there is no response to stimuli
a shivering or trembling, as in the chill preceding a fever

Origin of rigor

Middle English from Middle French rigueur from Classical Latin rigor from rigere: see rigid

Brit. sp. rig′our

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rigor

noun

a. Strictness or severity, as in action or judgment: “The desert fostered a closed world of faith and rigor and harsh judgment: almost every decision here could have lethal consequences” ( Jeffrey Tayler )
b. A harsh or trying circumstance; a hardship or difficulty: the rigors of working in a coal mine. See Synonyms at difficulty.
c. Archaic A harsh or severe act.
a. Strictness in adhering to standards or a method; exactitude: “To study the brain with scientific rigor, behaviorists logically restricted their experiments to ones in which the brain was the source of measurable effects” ( Robert Pollack )
b. A standard or exacting requirement, as of a field of study: the intellectual rigors of advanced mathematics.
Medicine Shivering or trembling, as caused by a chill.
Physiology A state of rigidity in living tissues or organs that prevents response to stimuli.
Obsolete Stiffness or rigidity.

Origin of rigor

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

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural rigors)

US spelling of rigour.
(slang) an abbreviated form of rigor mortis.

Origin

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

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rigor - Medical Definition

n.

Medicine Shivering or trembling, as caused by a chill.
Physiology A state of rigidity in living tissues or organs that prevents response to stimuli.