RIGID

rigid. Rigid, a. strict, exact, stiff, firm, severe

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Rig″id (?), a. [[L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. Rigor. ]] 1. 1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton. 2. 2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.
The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. Hawthorne. Syn. — Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact; severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.