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Webster 1913 Edition

Rigorous

Rig′or-ous

,
Adj.
[F.
rigoureux
, LL.
rigorosus
. See
Rigor
.]
1.
Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless;
as, a
rigorous
officer of justice; a
rigorous
execution of law; a
rigorous
definition or demonstration.
He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock
With
rigorous hands
.
Shakespeare
We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their
rigorous
unity.
De Quincey.
2.
Severe; intense; inclement;
as, a
rigorous
winter
.
3.
Violent.
[Obs.]
“Rigorous uproar.”
Spenser.
Syn. – Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact.
–
Rig′or-ous-ly
,
adv.
–
Rig′or-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rigorous

RIG'OROUS

, a.
1.
Severe; allowing no abatement or mitigation; as a rigorous officer of justice.
2.
Severe; exact; strict; without abatement or relaxation; as a rigorous execution of law; an enforcement of rigorous discipline.
3.
Exact; strict; scrupulously accurate; as a rigorous definition or demonstration.
4.
Severe; very cold; as a rigorous winter.

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