rigidity
/ɹɪˈdʒɪdəti/rih-JIH-duh-tee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɹɪˈdʒɪdəti/rih-JIH-duh-tee
Meaningthe quality of being rigid
Common meaning: stiffness
Other meanings: strictness
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- rigto be stiffLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1595 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
- itynoun ending: being so, the quality of
Journey through time
- Latinrigeō; rigidus‘to be stiff’
- Englishrigid‘stiff’
- Englishformed in English from rigidrigidity‘stiffness’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from rigid + -ity.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RIGID, p.510 · scan
Roots
- rigeō; rigidus Latin “to be stiff”
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