rigid

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:43:20

Rig"id (?), a. [L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. Rigor. ]

1.

Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.

Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton.

2.

Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.

The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. Hawthorne.

Syn. -- Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact; severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.

 

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