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rigor

ri·gor

UK/ˈɹɪɡə/ US/ˈɹɪɡɚ/ uncommon informal us

noun

1.

something hard to endure

  • “the asperity of northern winters”
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2.
3.

excessive sternness

  • “severity of character”
  • “the harshness of his punishment was inhuman”
  • “the rigors of boot camp”
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Origin

From Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”).

Phrases

  • break rigor
  • rigor caloris

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