Rig"or*ous (?), a. [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.
Shak.
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, n.
Rig"or*ous (?), a. [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.
Shak.
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, n.
