rigorous

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled rigourous

US /ˈɹɪɡəɹəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #20433

Meanings

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adj
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

Rigorous discipline.

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Synonyms

1 adj · demanding strict attention... tight

More meticulous painstaking scrupulous stern strict thorough stringent exacting analytic

Opposites

arbitrary capricious whimsical lax lenient

Word family

Derived forms nonrigorousoverrigorousrigorouslyrigorousnessunrigorous

Related forms rigid rigorously

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Phrases (1)

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rigorous discipline
strict control of behavior through demanding rules and consistent effort

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rigorous, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman rigoreus, derived from Late Latin rigōrōsus (stiff, rigid; inflexible). By surface analysis, rigor + -ous.

*Hreyǵ- Proto-Indo-European rigorous Middle English rigoreus xno rigōrōsus la-lat

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