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rigourous

rigourous is the misspelling of rigorous.

rigourous is the alternative form of rigorous.

Meaning of rigorous

Adjective

rigorous (comparative more rigorous, superlative most rigorous)

  1. Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
    • a rigorous officer of justice
  2. Severe; intense.
    • a rigorous winter
    Synonyms:
    harsh

Forms of rigourous

comparativemore rigourous
superlativemost rigourous

Words formed from rigourous

Questions about rigourous

What is rigourous the misspelling of?
Rigourous is the misspelling of rigorous.

Words near rigourous in the dictionary

  1. rigouristic
  2. rigourists
  3. rigourization
  4. rigourize
  5. rigourness
  6. rigourous
  7. rigourously
  8. rigourousness
  9. rigours
  10. rigout
  11. rigouts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rigourous (page history and authors); rigorous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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