rigor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Texas) audio
- /ˈɹɪɡə/ (Australia)
- /ˈɹɪɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɹəɡə/ (New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
- /ˈɹɪɡɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”).
Meanings
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(US, alt-of, countable, uncountable) US spelling of rigour.
alt of rigour
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of rigor mortis.
alt of rigor mortis
Heat always upped the rate at which rigor gripped a corpse.
2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 4, paragraph 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rigors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rigoristic · rigor caloris · rigorise · rigorism · break rigor · rigorous · rigorisation · rigored · rigorize · rigorization