English words starting with rigor

Meanings of Rigor:

noun

A sudden feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in temperature, often with copious sweating, especially at the onset or height of a fever.

Meanings of Rigorism:

noun

Extreme strictness in interpreting or enforcing a law or principle.

Usage examples:

It is self-scourging rigorism of an extreme kind.

Meanings of Rigoristic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a rigorist; strict, inflexible, rigid.

Meanings of Rigorous:

adjective

Extremely thorough and careful.

Usage examples:

The rigorous testing of consumer products

Meanings of Rigorously:

adverb

In an extremely thorough and careful way.

Usage examples:

The court rigorously scrutinises the settlement

Meanings of Rigors:

noun

A sudden feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in temperature, often with copious sweating, especially at the onset or height of a fever.

plural noun

Difficult conditions

Usage examples:

Chan shows how the rigors of big-city american life can affect a new immigrant.