rigid
English
/ˈɹɪdʒɪd/
adj
Definitions
- Stiff, rather than flexible.
- Fixed, rather than moving.
- Rigorous and unbending.
- Uncompromising.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rigide derived from Latin rigidus (rigid, stiff) derived from Middle English rigged affix from English ridge root from Proto-Indo-European *reyǵ- (bind, reach, stretch tight).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*reyǵ-
Gloss
bind, reach, stretch tight
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ridgewood English
- enridge English
- interridge English
- microridge English
- multirigid English
- nanoridge English
- nonrigid English
- nonrigidity English
- nonrigidly English
- overrigid English
- ridge English
- ridge beam English
- ridgeback English
- ridgeband English
- ridgebone English
- ridged English
- ridgehand English
- ridgehead English
- ridgeless English
- ridgelet English
- ridgelike English
- ridgeline English
- ridgeling English
- ridgepiece English
- ridgeplate English
- ridgepole English
- ridgerope English
- ridgeside English
- ridgetop English
- ridgewalking English
- ridgeway English
- ridgy English
- rigidification English
- rigidifier English
- rigidify English
- rigidise English
- rigidity English
- rigidize English
- rigidly English
- rigidness English
- rigidulous English
- rigor English
- rigorous English
- runridge English
- sandridge English
- semirigid English
- subrigid English
- superrigid English
- superrigidity English
- unrigid English
- upridge English
- rigeo Latin
- rigeō Latin
- rigiditas Latin
- rigidus Latin
- rigo Latin
- rigor Latin
- rigido Italian
- rigide Dutch, Flemish
- rigide French
- rigoureux French
- recio Spanish, Castilian
- rígido Spanish, Castilian
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *reyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- rijo Portuguese
- rígido Portuguese
- *raikijaną Proto-Germanic
- overrechen Middle English
- rigge Middle English
- rigged Middle English
- rigide Middle English
- rígid Catalan, Valencian
- ríxido Galician
- con·rig Old Irish
- req Albanian
- rigio Old Portuguese
- rrijo Old Portuguese
- *rigeti Proto-Celtic
- ríxidu Asturian
- rigor
- ridge
- ridgy
- ridged
- upridge
- enridge
- unrigid
- rigidly
- subrigid
- rigidify
- rigidize
- rigidise
- nonrigid
- ridgeway
- ridgetop
- runridge
- ridgelet
- rigidity
- rigorous
- ridgepole
- ridgeband
- rigidness
- sandridge
- ridgerope
- ridgeling
- Ridgewood
- ridgebone
- nanoridge
- overrigid
- ridgelike
- ridgeside
- ridgeless
- ridgehead
- ridgehand
- ridgeline
- semirigid
- ridgeback
- multirigid
- microridge
- interridge
- ridgeplate
- nonrigidly
- ridge beam
- rigidifier
- rigidulous
- superrigid
- ridgepiece
- nonrigidity
- ridgewalking
- superrigidity
- rigidification