rigid

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective incapable of or resistant to bending
  2. adjective incapable of compromise or flexibility
  3. adjective incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

Etymology

From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus (“stiff”), from rigeō (“to be stiff”). Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged (“upright like a spine, rigid”, literally “ridged”), from ridge + -ed.

In classic literature

Synonyms

stiff

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