The patient's legs were rigid. He is a rigid disciplinarian.
Recent Examples on the WebThese professional pressures are exacerbated for working women—over half of South Korea’s female population are in the workforce—who are expected to do all of the above, but also adhere to rigid beauty standards and take care of the home and family. Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022 The celebrity style machine, with its rigid standards of beauty and glamor, are being challenged by confident women who want to express a sense of themselves through clothes. Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Mar. 2022 Clearly, not everyone agrees that setting more rigid sustainability standards and submitting to outside oversight is a good idea for business. Cassie Werber, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2022 The Foonf is easy to install with a rigid LATCH and has an array of safety features including an anti-rebound bar and advanced side impact protection. Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 6 Sep. 2022 The officers then sent a police dog into the bathroom, where Wang was holding what investigators described as a sharp, rigid piece of metal about 2-feet long and 2-inches wide, according to Steffen. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 The Thunderbolt then sent a rigid-hulled inflatable boat to cut the tow line. Courtney Kube, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2022 Are the trolling, memes and weird song title capitalizations a necessary part of drawing attention to an art form that’s pretty rigid and far removed from TikTok sound bites? Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022 Until the late 1950s, many linguists had dismissed sign language as a poor substitute for spoken language, a rigid, imprecise system of gestures that left no room for nuance.BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus, from rigēre to be stiff