单词 | rigorousness |
释义 | rigorousnessn. Rigour (in various senses); esp. (in early use) strictness, severity; (now) the quality of being detailed, accurate, and thorough; scrupulousness. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > extreme strictness or rigour rigorousté1399 rigourc1405 rigorousnessa1450 rigorositya1539 summum jus1539 extremitya1616 a1450 (c1400–25) H. Legat Serm. Passion in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 15 (MED) Al þe rigoresnes..þat God vside e þe Olde Testament be now i-changed in-to mekenes..to vs þat ben vnder þe Newe Testament. c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 514 (MED) Þe most commendable vertu that may be in a prynce is to be clement and myld and to have rigorousenes in abomynacion. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Ovii If our iustice begyn to extende it selfe so farre that it tourne in to inordinat ȝele or rigorousnes,..temper it with mercy. 1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 244 Whiche tempest vsed no lesse rygorousnes with the shippes of the Rhodyans. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 247 The paipis rigourousnes aganis him. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. D2v Oppression-of-the-poore, Fell rigourousnesse. 1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Penitent 31 The Rigorousness and Unrelenting hardness of my own Dealings towards them. 1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. iii. 202 The Rigorousness with which he used his Power irritated the whole Army. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies ii. 302 As to the impracticability of a re-admission into the Gentoo-craft..the following story..characterises the rigorousness of the Gentoos on that head. 1865 B. Price Treat. Infinitesimal Calculus (ed. 2) II. iv. 95 On the answer to these questions must an opinion as to the rigorousness of proof of the preceding process depend. 1882–3 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. 2324 The rigorousness, not to say cruelty, with which he enforced his various measures against image-worship. 1928 Columbia Law Rev. 28 457 The rigorousness of the logical method assumed is too often inescapable. 1972 C. Argyris Applicability Organizational Sociol. vi. 84 The rigorousness of research activity has concerned behavioral scientists for years. 2006 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Tribune Rev. (Nexis) 2 Apr. Projects are evaluated based on..the rigorousness of the scientific method applied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1450 |
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