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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rigor \Rig"or\, n. [OE. rigour, OF. rigour, F. rigueur, from L.
     rigor, fr. rigere to be stiff. See Rigid.] [Written also
     rigour.]
     1. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid;
        rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
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              The rest his look
              Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. --Milton.
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     2. (Med.) See 1st Rigor, 2.
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     3. Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor
        of the storm; the rigors of winter.
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     4. Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness;
        hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
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              All his rigor is turned to grief and pity. --Denham.
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              If I shall be condemn'd
              Upon surmises, . . . I tell you
              'T is rigor and not law.              --Shak.
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     5. Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence;
        strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law
        with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed
        to lenity.
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     6. Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain,
        abstinence, or mortification.
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              The prince lived in this convent with all the rigor
              and austerity of a capuchin.          --Addison.
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     7. Violence; force; fury. [Obs.]
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              Whose raging rigor neither steel nor brass could
              stay.                                 --Spenser.
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     Syn: Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility; severity;
          austerity; sternness; harshness; strictness; exactness.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rigor \Ri"gor\, n. [L. See Rigor., below.]
     1. Rigidity; stiffness.
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     2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin;
        a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill
        preceding a fever.
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     Rigor caloris[L., rigor of heat] (Physiol.), a form of
        rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a
        mammal is heated to about 50[deg] C.
  
     Rigor mortis[L., rigor of death], death stiffening; the
        rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death and lasts
        till decomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of
        myosin by the coagulation of the contents of the
        individual muscle fibers.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rigor \Ri"gor\, n. [L. See Rigor., below.]
     1. Rigidity; stiffness.
  
     2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin;
        a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill
        preceding a fever.
  
     Rigor caloris[L., rigor of heat] (Physiol.), a form of
        rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a
        mammal is heated to about 50[deg]C.
  
     Rigor mortis[L., rigor of death], death stiffening; the
        rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death and lasts
        till decomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of
        myosin by the coagulation of the contents of the
        individual muscle fibers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rigor \Rig"or\, n. [OE. rigour, OF. rigour, F. rigueur, from L.
     rigor, fr. rigere to be stiff. See Rigid.] [Written also
     rigour.]
     1. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid;
        rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
  
              The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to
              move.                                 --Milton.
  
     2. (Med.) See 1st Rigor, 2.
  
     3. Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor
        of the storm; the rigors of winter.
  
     4. Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness;
        hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
  
              All his rigor is turned to grief and pity. --Denham.
  
              If I shall be condemn'd Upon surmises, . . . I tell
              you 'T is rigor and not law.          --Shak.
  
     5. Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence;
        strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law
        with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed
        to lenity.
  
     6. Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain,
        abstinence, or mortification.
  
              The prince lived in this convent with all the rigor
              and austerity of a capuchin.          --Addison.
  
     7. Violence; force; fury. [Obs.]
  
              Whose raging rigor neither steel nor brass could
              stay.                                 --Spenser.
  
     Syn: Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility; severity;
          austerity; sternness; harshness; strictness; exactness.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  rigor
       n 1: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
            [syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigour, severity,
             rigorousness]
       2: the quality of being logically valid [syn: cogency, validity,
           rigour]
       3: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
          of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
          [syn: severity, harshness, rigour, inclemency, hardness,
           stiffness]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rigor
     Πορτογαλικά n.
     η δριμύτητα, η αυστηρότητα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rigor
     Italian n.
     (apocopic form of it rigore)
     Latin n.
     1 stiffness, rigidity
     2 rigor, cold, harshness, severity
     Old French n.
     1 harshness; severity
     2 stiffness; rigidity
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     rigour

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Rigor
     n.
     (surname en from=Spanish).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  rigor
     n.
     1 (alternative spelling of en rigour from=US)
     2 (lb en medicine) A feeling of cold with shiver accompanied by a
  rise in body temperature.
     3 (lb en physiology informal) (short for en rigor mortis)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Rigor
     n.
     (surname en from=Spanish).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  rigor
     Italian n.
     (apocopic form of it rigore)
     Latin n.
     1 stiffness, rigidity
     2 rigor, cold, harshness, severity
     Old French n.
     1 harshness; severity
     2 stiffness; rigidity
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     rigour

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Rigor
     n.
     (surname en from=Spanish).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  rigor
     Italian n.
     (apocopic form of it rigore)
     Latin n.
     1 stiffness, rigidity
     2 rigor, cold, harshness, severity
     Old French n.
     1 harshness; severity
     2 stiffness; rigidity
     Spanish n.
     rigour

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Rigor
     n.
     (surname en from=Spanish).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rigor
     Espanja n.
     1 täsmällisyys, perusteellisuus, täsmällisyys
     2 tiukkuus, tarkkuus
     Portugali n.
     kovuus, tiukkuus

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Rigor /ɹˈɪɡə/
  الصرامة