Rigorousness

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being rigorous, strictness. uncountable, usually

    "Not the first nor the best and certainly not the most famous dictionary of the English language, Swansby’s has always been a poor shadow of its competitors as a work of reference – from the first printed edition in 1930 to today it has nowhere near the success nor rigorousness of Britannica and the Oxford English Dictionary."

  2. 2
    excessive sternness wordnet
  3. 3
    something hard to endure wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English rigoresnes, rigoresnesse, rigorousenes, equivalent to rigorous + -ness.

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