Inflexible, rigid, stiff. (Old English only.) Of the neck: = stiff, adj.
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释义 | the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid (37) stithc897 Inflexible, rigid, stiff. (Old English only.) Of the neck: = stiff, adj. stiff1000 Rigid; not flexible or pliant. starkOE Hard, unyielding. Of a material substance: hard to the touch, resistant to pressure, unyielding. Obsolete. inflexiblec1400 Incapable of being bent; unbendable; not pliant; rigid, stiff. rigent?1440 Stiff, rigid. unbowable1537 Unbendable, inflexible. staffish1545 Rigid, stiff, hard. steya1586 transferred. Unbending, upright. Also of a person: Reserved, haughty. Obsolete. unpliablea1618 Not easily bent or changed in shape; stiff, rigid, inflexible. Cf. unpliant, adj. 2. rigid1618 Of an object, material, etc.: stiff; not pliant or flexible; firm; hard. unsupple1621 (un-, prefix1 affix 1.) unpliant1624 Not easily bent or changed in shape; stiff, rigid, inflexible. Cf. unpliable, adj. 2. immercurial1637 Not mercurial, mobile or yielding. steeve1637 Firm, unyielding, strong, †rigid, stiff (as in death). starky1657 Stiff and hard; not pliable or workable. impliablea1734 Not pliable; inflexible. tharf1747 transferred. Lumpish, stiff, heavy, slow; hence figurative reluctant, unwilling, diffident, tardy. dialect. stiff as a poker1798 Colloquial phrases. stiff as a poker; stiff in the back, firm, resolute; to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip, to be firm, unyielding; hence sti… unbending1802 Not bending or curving; rigid; esp. of persons, remaining erect, not stooping. unbowsome1818 dialect. Unbending, stiff. crisp1851 transferred and figurative. Applied to anything possessing qualities more or less characteristic of crisp substances. stiff, firm, as opposed to limp. unbendable1884 (un-, prefix1 affix 1b.) poker-stiff1894 unfluxile1925 (un-, prefix1 affix 1.) Subcategories:— somewhat (1) — stiff like bristle (1) — straight and stiff (1) — becoming or making stiff or rigid (2) — stiffened (8) |
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