rigid
See also: rígid
English
Etymology
From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus (“stiff”), from rigeō (“I am stiff”). Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged (“upright like a spine, rigid”, literally “ridged”), from ridge + -ed.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - IPA(key): /ˈɹɪdʒɪd/
- Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪd
Adjective
rigid (comparative rigider or more rigid, superlative rigidest or most rigid)
- Stiff, rather than flexible.
- Fixed, rather than moving.
- 2011,David Foster Wallace, The Pale King,Penguin Books, page 5:
- A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standing rigid and still as toys.
- 2011,David Foster Wallace, The Pale King,Penguin Books, page 5:
- Rigorous and unbending.
- Uncompromising.
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Translations
stiff
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fixed
rigorous, unbending
uncompromising
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Noun
rigid (plural rigids)
- A bicycle with no suspension system.
References
- rigid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rigid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *rigeti (“bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyǵ- (“to bind, reach”).
Verb
rigid
Inflection
Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, reduplicated s future, s subjunctive
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Derived terms
References
- “rigid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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