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noun ˈrʌɪɡəˈrʌɪɡɔːˈrɪɡɔːˈrɪɡər Medicine 1A sudden feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in temperature, often with copious sweating, especially at the onset or height of a fever. - 1.1
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin, literally 'stiffness', from rigere 'be stiff'. Rhymes chigger, configure, figure, Frigga, jigger, ligger, rigger, rigour, snigger, swigger, transfigure, trigger, vigour (US vigor) nounˈrɪɡərˈriɡər Medicine 1A sudden feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in temperature, often with copious sweating, especially at the onset or height of a fever. - 1.1
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘stiffness’, from rigere ‘be stiff’. nounˈrɪɡərˈriɡər 1The quality of being extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate. his analysis is lacking in rigor Synonyms meticulousness, thoroughness, carefulness, attention to detail, diligence, scrupulousness, exactness, exactitude, precision, accuracy, correctness, strictness, punctiliousness, conscientiousness - 1.1 Severity or strictness.
the full rigor of the law Synonyms strictness, severity, sternness, stringency, austerity, toughness, hardness, harshness, rigidity, inflexibility - 1.2rigors Demanding, difficult, or extreme conditions.
the rigors of a harsh winter Synonyms hardship, harshness, severity, adversity, suffering, privation, ordeal, misery, distress, trial
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French rigour from Latin rigor ‘stiffness’. |