rigida.[L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. Rigor. ]1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.()Upright beams innumerable
Of rigid spears. (Milton.)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.)()