rigour
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/
rigour
- Severity or strictness.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 1:13–14:
- And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 1:13–14:
- Harshness, as of climate.
- A trembling or shivering response.
- Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- Shrewd questioning.
- Higher level of difficulty.
- (British) Misspelling of rigor
- French: rigueur
- Portuguese: rigor
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