Category:Rigid

Rig"id, a. Etym: [l. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. Rigide. Cf. Rigor. ]

1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable of rigid spears. Milton.

2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a Rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid Sentence. The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. Hawthorne.

Syn. -- stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact; severe; Austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.