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rigours

rigours is the plural of rigour.

Meaning of rigour

Noun

rigour (countable and uncountable, plural rigours)

  1. Severity or strictness.
    • 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, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 1:13–14
  2. Harshness, as of climate.
  3. A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.
  4. Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
  5. Shrewd questioning.
  6. Higher level of difficulty.

Questions about rigours

What is rigours the plural of?
Rigours is the plural of rigour.

Words near rigours in the dictionary

  1. rigourize
  2. rigourness
  3. rigourous
  4. rigourously
  5. rigourousness
  6. rigours
  7. rigout
  8. rigouts
  9. rigs
  10. rigs out
  11. rigsar

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