Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RIG'OR-OUS
RIG'OR-OUS, a. [Fr. rigoureux.]
- Severe; allowing no abatement or mitigation; as, a rigorous officer of justice.
- Severe; exact; strict; without abatement or relaxation; as, a rigorous execution of law; an enforcement of rigorous discipline.
- Exact; strict; scrupulously accurate; as, a rigorous definition or demonstration.
- Severe; very cold; as, a rigorous winter.
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