rigor
rigor
Definition
rigor (rig′ər; for 4 & 5, occas. rī′gôr)
noun
- harshness or severity; specif.,
- strictness or inflexibility the rigor of martial law
- extreme hardship or difficulty the rigors of life
- 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 body tissues or organs, in which there is no response to stimuli
- a shivering or trembling, as in the chill preceding a fever
Etymology: ME < MFr rigueur < L rigor < rigere: see rigid
rigor
Synonyms
rigor
n.
Antonyms
rigor
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- environment: They are built to meet the rigors of industrial environments and offer parallel parameters covering just about all the basics.
- life: The day center offers welcome respite from the daily rigors of life on the streets.
- winter: Putting food out for birds in your garden can help them get through the rigors of winter.
- road: Mechanical construction that can stand up to the rigors of the road.
- training: What this means is, the very rigors of weight training " leak " nitrogen carrying glutamine from muscle tissue.
- approach: This is acutely problematic among elderly patients who are frequently unable to tolerate the rigors of more intensive treatment approaches.
Converse of object
- withstand: It's stylish housing is made to withstand the rigors of field shooting.
- survive: A trout that can survive the rigors of a trout stream, especially a Brown Trout, is a very cunning animal indeed.
- lack: Friedman's arguments are provocative but at times lack rigor.
- have: She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.
- maintain: How can we maintain academic rigor through this process?
- bring: It is a rare gem that brings academic rigor to the real world.
Adjective modifier
- methodological: By means of this structure, the reader gains insight into the methodological rigor behind Hopkins ' translation at an almost pedagogical level.
- mathematical: These critics also argue that absolute freedom of thought is detrimental to mathematical rigor.
- intellectual: But it does take some intellectual rigor to follow his complex but lucid arguments.
- scientific: He was a wonderful scientist who not only was very clever but had a deep sense of scientific rigor.
- academic: How can we maintain academic rigor through this process?
- full: This schedule has the effect of phasing in some of the changes by giving temporary exemptions from the full rigor the new law.
Modifies a noun
- mortis: At some point over night the whole thing just locked, to be found in the same state of digital rigor mortis this morning.
Noun used with modifier
- description: What are the changes that take place in the human body after death which account for the description rigor mortis?
