WikiWord

English

rigors

noun

Meaning

  1. Short for rigor mortis.
  2. Severity or strictness.
  3. Harshness, as of climate.
  4. A trembling or shivering response.
  5. Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
  6. Shrewd questioning.
  7. Higher level of difficulty.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
rigors — meaning and etymology | WikiWord