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Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton.

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of from; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness.

In a rigid manner; stiffly.

The quality or state of being rigid.

Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.

Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.

The cooling room of the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath.

The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne.

In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection.

The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.

To chill; to make cold; to cool. [Obs.] Boyle.

The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. [Obs.] Boyle.

Too rigid; too severe.

Somewhat rigid or stiff.

Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.

Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe. The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott.

To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.

Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden.

Severely; rigidly; sternly. A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay.