rigorousness
nounEtymology From Middle English rigoresnes, rigoresnesse, rigorousenes, equivalent to rigorous + -ness.
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Usually The property of being rigorous, strictness.
- 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:
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