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rigol

UK/ˈɹɪɡ.ɒl/

rigol noun: a circle.

Noun

rigol (plural rigols)

  1. (obsolete) A circle.
    • About the mourning and congealed face
      Of that black blood a watery rigol goes,
      Which seems to weep upon the tainted place:1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) A diadem, crown (ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty).
    • […] this is a sleep
      That from this golden rigol hath divorc’d
      So many English kings.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
  3. A ridge or channel above a porthole to redirect water flow from dripping inside the vessel.

Forms of rigol

pluralrigols

Origin of rigol

From Middle English rigol, from Middle French rigole. Doublet of rail, regal, regula, and rule.

Questions about rigol

What does rigol mean?
Rigol means a circle.
What part of speech is rigol?
Rigol is a noun.
How do you pronounce rigol?
Rigol is pronounced /ˈɹɪɡ.ɒl/ (UK).
What is the plural of rigol?
The plural of rigol is rigols.

Words near rigol in the dictionary

  1. rigmarolic
  2. rigmarolish
  3. Rignall
  4. Rigney
  5. Rigneys
  6. rigol
  7. rigole
  8. rigoles
  9. rigolet
  10. rigolets
  11. rigolette

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