2. Severity, as of style, or the like. Jefferson.
RIGORIST
Rig"or*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rigoriste.]
Defn: One who is rigorous; — sometimes applied to an extreme
Jansenist.
RIGOROUS
Rig"or*ous, a. Etym: [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See Rigor.]
1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration. He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock With rigorous hands. Shak. We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. De Quincey.
2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
3. Violent. [Obs.] "Rigorous uproar." Spenser.
Syn.
— Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern;
harsh; strict; exact.
— Rig"or*ous*ly, adv.
— Rig"or*ous*ness, n.
RIGSDAG
Rigs"dag, n. [Dan. Cf. Reichstag.]
Defn: See Legislature, Denmark.