(adj) incapable of or resistant to bending, Syn.stiff, Example: a rigid strip of metal; a table made of rigid plastic; a palace guardsman stiff as a poker; stiff hair; a stiff neck
(v) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern, Syn.petrify, ossify, Example: rigidify the training schedule; ossified teaching methods; slogans petrify our thinking
2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]
The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. rigiditas: cf. F. rigidité. See Rigid. ] 1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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