FromMiddle English rigide Latin rigidus ( “ stiff ” ) , fromrigeō ( “ I am stiff ” ) . Comparerigor Middle English rigged rygged rugged ( “ upright like a spine, rigid ” , literally“ ridged ” ) , fromridge -ed
rigid (comparative rigider or morerigid ,superlative rigidest or mostrigid )
Stiff , rather thanflexible .Synonyms: inflexible see also Thesaurus:stiff Antonyms: flexible see also Thesaurus:flexible Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs. Fixed , rather thanmoving .Synonyms: static stuck unmovable see also Thesaurus:immobile Antonyms: moving see also Thesaurus:movable 2011 The Pale King , Penguin Books, page 5:A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standingrigid and still as toys.
Rigorous andunbending .Uncompromising .Synonyms: staunch unyielding see also Thesaurus:obstinate Antonyms: compromising transigent stiff
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Construction of USSShenandoah , a rigid (sense 1), showing her internal framework. rigid (plural rigids
( aviation ) airship whoseshape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigidstructural framework , without using internalgas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (thelifting gas is atatmospheric pressure ); typically also equipped with multipleredundant gasbags , unlike other types of airship.Therigid could reach the greatest sizes and speeds of any airship, but was expensive to build and bulky to store.Rigids fell out of favor after theR101 andHindenburg disasters made the type seem unsafe to the travelling public.
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“rigid ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “rigid ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC FromProto-Celtic *regeti ( “ to extend, stretch, straighten ” ) ,[ 1] Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ( “ to straighten, stretch, rule ” ) .[ 2] [ 3]
rigid (conjunct ·reig or ·raig
tostretch , todistend c. 800–825 , Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20a 23rechti .i.ro·recht ho methi ⁊ inmairi distended, i.e.it has been distended by fat and obesity. FromProto-Celtic *rigeti ( “ bind ” ) ,[ 1] [ 4] Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- ( “ to bind, reach ” ) .[ 5]
rigid (conjunct ·rig
torule ,direct c. 700 ,Críth Gablach , published inCríth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy, §30Rí, cid ara n-eperr? Arindíriges cumachtu(i) chun[d]rig fora túatha(i). The king, why do they call him that? Because hewields [exerts, MacNeill] the power of control [correction, MacNeill] over his people [in atúath ]. c. 800-840 , Orthanach,A Chóicid chóem Chairpri chrúaid from the Book of Leinster, LL line 6094Reraig Herind ardrí Molt[...]The High King [Ailill] Moltruled over Ireland... ↑1.0 1.1 Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 rigid ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009 ) “*reg-o-”, inEtymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden:Brill ,→ISBN page308 ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009 ) “*rig-o- ‘stretch’”, inEtymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden:Brill ,→ISBN pages312–13 ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 rigid ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009 ) “*rig-o- ‘bind’”, inEtymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden:Brill ,→ISBN pages311–12 Borrowed fromFrench rigide
rigid m or n feminine singular rigidă masculine plural rigizi feminine and neuter plural rigide
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