Read full poem →And, Guy de Vere, hast _thou_ no tear?--weep now or never more!
See! on yon drear and rigid bier low lies thy love, Lenore!
Come! let the burial rite be read--the funeral song be sung!--
Dictionary Entry
rigid
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈɹɪdʒɪd/Word FrequencyCommon (4.73)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓A bicycle with no suspension system.
In a Sentence
“The article includes rigid to support a careful argument.”
Published Usage Examples
“Two full seconds passed before Myles spoke, his expression rigid.”
“On the basis of the fact that, unlike (9), (10) can serve to express two distinct counterfactual beliefs, Kripke (1972) hypothesizes that a proper name is what he calls a rigid designator.”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 12 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
From Latin *rigidus* meaning ‘hard’ or ‘stiff’.
Common Phrases
. rigidbody rigidrules rigidadherence rigidbodies rigidrigid less
Poetry examples for “rigid”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →On a white heal-all, holding up a moth
Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth—
Assorted characters of death and blight
