English

rigourness

From rigour + -ness; compare Middle English rigornesse, rigournes, rygurnesse.

Formed from rigour + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-

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Latin rigeō ‘to be rigid’

Latin rigor ‘stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness’

Old French rigor ‘harshness’

Middle English rigour

Today it means

noun Synonym of rigour.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / rigourness