/ˈɹɪɡɚ/
OriginFrom Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”).
- US, alt-of, countable, uncountableUS spelling of rigour.
- countable, uncountableA feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informalEllipsis of rigor mortis.
“Heat always upped the rate at which rigor gripped a corpse.”
Formsrigors(plural) · Rigors(plural)