rigidulousadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈdʒɪdjᵿləs/,

/rᵻˈdʒɪdʒᵿləs/, U.S.

/rəˈdʒɪdʒələs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rigidulus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin rigidulus (a1536 in Erasmus; from 1634 in natural history contexts; < classical Latin rigidus rigid adj. + -ulus -ulus suffix) + -ous suffix.

Chiefly Botany.

Somewhat or slightly stiff; having a degree of stiffness.

ΚΠ

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1099/1 Rigidulus,..applied by Lamarck to an Order (Rigidula..) of worms, which, though soft, have a slight degree of stiffness which renders them almost elastic: rigidulous.

1862 F. Mueller Plants Colony Victoria 47 Stems rigidulous, simple or branched.

1891 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 5 187 Branchlets as well as the leaves beset with very short spreading rigidulous hairlets.

1936 Amer. Midland Naturalist 17 943 Pappus somewhat rigidulous.

1970 Flora Neotropica 2 51 Stylodia subulate, vertical in the flower, rigidulous, the end hooked or curled.

1986 Proc. Internat. Rice Genetics Symp. 1985 (Internat. Rice Res. Inst.) 65 They are alway hydrophytic, prefer sunshine, and have linear rigidulous leaves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rigidulous
释义	rigidulousadj. Brit. /rᵻˈdʒɪdjᵿləs/, /rᵻˈdʒɪdʒᵿləs/, U.S. /rəˈdʒɪdʒələs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rigidulus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin rigidulus (a1536 in Erasmus; from 1634 in natural history contexts; < classical Latin rigidus rigid adj. + -ulus -ulus suffix) + -ous suffix. Chiefly Botany. Somewhat or slightly stiff; having a degree of stiffness. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1099/1 Rigidulus,..applied by Lamarck to an Order (Rigidula..) of worms, which, though soft, have a slight degree of stiffness which renders them almost elastic: rigidulous. 1862 F. Mueller Plants Colony Victoria 47 Stems rigidulous, simple or branched. 1891 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 5 187 Branchlets as well as the leaves beset with very short spreading rigidulous hairlets. 1936 Amer. Midland Naturalist 17 943 Pappus somewhat rigidulous. 1970 Flora Neotropica 2 51 Stylodia subulate, vertical in the flower, rigidulous, the end hooked or curled. 1986 Proc. Internat. Rice Genetics Symp. 1985 (Internat. Rice Res. Inst.) 65 They are alway hydrophytic, prefer sunshine, and have linear rigidulous leaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1858
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