noun
Meaning 1
Rigidity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rigidness
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inflexibility, rigidity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unadaptability
noun
Meaning 3
the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rigidity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inelasticity
Narrower terms: inflexibility, inflexibleness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin rigidusder. Middle English rigide English rigid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English rigidness From rigid + -ness.