Meanings
plural rigorousnesses · alternative rigourousness
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being rigorous, strictness.
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Not the first nor the best and certainly not the most famous dictionary of the English language, Swansby’s has always been a poor shadow of its competitors as a work of reference – from the first printed edition in 1930 to today it has nowhere near the success nor rigorousness of Britannica and the Oxford English Dictionary.
2020, Eley Williams, The Liarʼs Dictionary, William Heinemann, page 13
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomething hard to endure
nounexcessive sternness
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishrigoresnes
- Englishrigorousness
From Middle English rigoresnes, rigoresnesse, rigorousenes, equivalent to rigorous + -ness.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
rigorousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rigorousness
“rigorousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rigorousness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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