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rigorous(dictionary)

rigorous (iou)



rigorous adjective. LME.
[Old French (rigoureux), or late Latin rigorosus, from Latin RIGOR noun1: see -OUS.]
I.
Rigidly severe or unbending; austere, stern; extremely strict in application. LME.
S. Johnson I..hope she will not be too rigorous with the young ones. George Eliot He wanted a refuge from a standard disagreebly rigorous. F. Norris Dressed in a white organdy frock of the most rigorous simplicity.
Severely exact, rigidly accurate or logical, scrupulous. LME.
G. Berkeley Truth and convenience are very different things to the rigorous eye of a philosoper. H. Guntrip A rigorous training in philosophy.
Strictly adhered to, unswerving. rare. M17.
II.
Of the weather etc.: severe; bitterly cold. Formerly also of heat: excessive, violent. E16.
A. Cowley When rigorous Winter binds you up with Frost. Times South-westerly winds between force 5 and force 6..meant rigorous yachting conditions.
rigorously adverb LME.
rigorousness noun LME.