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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
rig•id /ˈrɪdʒɪd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. stiff;
    not easily moved:a rigid strip of metal.
  2. fixed in one's thinking:He can be very rigid when it comes to rules.
  3. strict or severe:The rules are too rigid.
rig•id•ly, adv.: He stood rigidly at attention.
rig•id•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rig•id  (rij′id),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. stiff or unyielding;
    not pliant or flexible;
    hard:a rigid strip of metal.
  2. firmly fixed or set.
  3. inflexible, strict, or severe:a rigid disciplinarian; rigid rules of social behavior.
  4. exacting;
    thorough;
    rigorous:a rigid examination.
  5. so as to meet precise standards;
    stringent:lenses ground to rigid specifications.
  6. Mechanics, Physicsof, pertaining to, or noting a body in which the distance between any pair of points remains fixed under all forces;
    having infinite values for its shear modulus, bulk modulus, and Young's modulus.
  7. Aeronautics
    • (of an airship or dirigible) having a form maintained by a stiff, unyielding structure contained within the envelope.
    • pertaining to a helicopter rotor that is held fixedly at its root.
  • Latin rigidus, equivalent. to rig(ēre) to be stiff, stiffen + -idus -id4
  • 1530–40
ri•gid′i•ty, rig′id•ness, n. 
rig′id•ly, adv. 
    1. unbending, firm, inflexible. 2. immovable, static. 3. austere, stern, unyielding. See strict. 4. 5. demanding.
    1. elastic. 3. lax.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rigid /ˈrɪdʒɪd/ adj
  1. not bending; physically inflexible or stiff: a rigid piece of plastic
  2. unbending; rigorously strict; severe: rigid rules
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin rigidus, from rigēre to be stiffˈrigidly adv riˈgidity, ˈrigidness n
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