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Rigor

//ˈɹɪɡɚ// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Spanish.
Noun
  1. 1
    US spelling of rigour. US, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    excessive sternness wordnet
  3. 3
    A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    something hard to endure wordnet
  5. 5
    Ellipsis of rigor mortis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

    "Heat always upped the rate at which rigor gripped a corpse."

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  1. 6
    the quality of being valid and rigorous wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Rigor; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.

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