rigid
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rigid/ˈrɪʤɪd/
▶adjective
- 1 unable to bend or be forced out of shape.
■ (of a person) stiff and unmoving.
- 2 not able to be changed or adapted.
– derivatives
rigidify verb (rigidifies, rigidifying, rigidified),
rigidity noun,
rigidly adverb,
rigidness noun.
rigidify verb (rigidifies, rigidifying, rigidified),
rigidity noun,
rigidly adverb,
rigidness noun.
– origin ME: from L. rigidus, from rigere ‘be stiff’.
'rigid' also found in these Oxford entries:
adhocracy
- aeroelasticity
- bar
- chipboard
- circuit board
- desmid
- erect
- eubacteria
- exoskeleton
- formality
- frame
- frame saw
- freeze
- hard
- hard disk
- hard hat
- hardtop
- hook
- hoop
- housing
- hunting crop
- iron lung
- lever
- lignify
- lignin
- lithosphere
- lorica
- mat
- necklet
- non-rigid
- plastic
- plate
- plate tectonics
- platter
- pointer
- polystyrene
- portal frame
- prop
- relax
- rule
- ruler
- sacroiliac
- sclerotic
- semi-rigid
- set
- setter
- shelf
- shield
- skeleton
