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rigid

  • adjective
  • /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/

Stiff, rather than flexible.

Other meanings

  1. Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.

  2. Fixed, rather than moving.

Related words

  • rigidification
  • rigidise
  • multirigid
  • overrigid
  • rigidify
  • rigidity
  • rigidize
  • rigidly
  • rigidness
  • rigidulous
  • semirigid
  • subrigid

Word history

From Middle English "rigged".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “rigid” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.