rigor

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɪɡɚ/

Definition of rigor

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, alt-of, countable, uncountable)US spelling of rigour.
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noun

  1. (US, alt-of, countable, uncountable)US spelling of rigour.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable)Ellipsis of rigor mortis.
    “Heat always upped the rate at which rigor gripped a corpse.”

name

  1. A surname from Spanish.

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Etymology

From Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”).

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