Definitions for rigor

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rigor rig·or

Spelling: [rig-er]

IPA: /ˈrɪg ər/

Rigor is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in rigor (giorr).

Definitions for rigor

noun

1. strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
2. the full or extreme severity of laws, rules, etc.
3. severity of living conditions; hardship; austerity:
4. a severe or harsh act, circumstance, etc.
5. scrupulous or inflexible accuracy or adherence:
6. severity of weather or climate or an instance of this:
7. Pathology. a sudden coldness, as that preceding certain fevers; chill.
8. Physiology. a state of rigidity in muscle tissues during which they are unable to respond to stimuli due to the coagulation of muscle protein.
9. Obsolete. stiffness or rigidity.

Origin of rigor

1350-1400; Middle English rigour Latin rigor stiffness, equivalent to rig(ēre) to be stiff + -or -or¹

Examples for rigor

Yet by equating their engineering with Teutonic rigor the Germans have created the impression of an exclusive proprietary quality.

The Daily Pic: Ragnar Kjartansson sings a song of sentiment and rigor.

Then I am full of regret for you, because—because I know the rigor of police discipline.

The other patient was seized with a rigor the third morning after delivery.

It is like an iron country, and the spirit is oppressed by its rigor and melancholy.

“Her compositions exude a rigor and tightness,” said Lori Bookstein, whose Chelsea gallery has represented Malcolm since 2003.

I bedded down for this debate, Scotch in hand, expecting to be bored five ways to rigor mortis.

When examined with any rigor, the stereotypes circulating about current-day hipsters make no sense whatsoever.

The mine owner did not speak, but the rigor of his eyes did not relax.

It was judged not proper for me to return, considering the rigor of the season.