Webster's Dictionary 1913

4078

Rightless

Right″less, a. Destitute of right. Sylvester.

4079

Rightly

Right″ly, adv. [AS. richtlice.] 1. Straightly; directly; in front. Shak.2. According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly per...

4080

Rightness

Right″ness, n. [AS. rihtnes.] Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. Bacon.2. The quality or state of being right; right relation.The craving for rightness with God. J. C. S...

4081

Rightward

Right″ward (?), adv. Toward the right.Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey.

4082

Rightwise

Right″wise′ (?), a. Righteous. Wyclif.

4083

Rightwise (2)

Right″wise′, v. t. To make righteous.

4084

Rightwisely

Right″wise′ly, adv. Righteously.

4085

Rightwiseness

Right″wise′ness, n. Righteousness.In doom and eke in rightwisnesse. Chaucer.

4086

Rigid

Rig″id (?), a. [L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. Rigor.] 1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.Upright beams innumerableOf rigid spe...

4087

Rigidity

Ri‐gid″i‐ty (?), n. [L. rigiditas: cf. F. rigidité. See Rigid.] 1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount o...

4088

Rigidly

Rig″id‐ly (?), v. In a rigid manner; stiffly.

4089

Rigidness

Rig″id‐ness, n. The quality or state of being rigid.

4090

Rigidulous

Ri‐gid″u‐lous (?), a. [Dim. from rigid.] (Bot.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.

4091

Riglet

Rig″let (?), n.(Print.) See Reglet.

4092

Rigmarole

Rig″ma‐role (?), n. [For ragman roll. See Ragman's roll.] A succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense.Often one's dear friend talks something whic...

4093

Rigmarole (2)

Rig″ma‐role, a. Consisting of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish.

4094

Rigol

Rig″ol (?), n. [OE. also ringol. Cf. Ring.] A circle; hence, a diadem. Shak.

4095

Rigolette

Rig′o‐lette″ (?), n. [Prob. fr. Rigolette, name of a girl in Eugene Sue's novel “Mystères de Paris.”] A woman's light scarflike head covering, usually knit or crocheted of wool.

4096

Rigoll

Rig″oll (?), n. [Corrupted fr. regal.] A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ...

4097

Rigor

‖Ri″gor (?), n. [L. See Rigor., below.] 1. Rigidity; stiffness.2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill p...

4098

Rigor (2)

Rig″or (?), n. [OE. rigour, OF. rigour, F. rigueur, from L. rigor, fr. rigere to be stiff. See Rigid.] [Written also rigour.] 1. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being ...

4099

Rigorism

Rig″or‐ism (?), n. 1. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; — opposed to laxity.2. Severity, as of style, or the like. Jefferson.

4100

Rigorism (2)

Rig″or‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. rigorisme.] (Ethics) Strictness in ethical principles; — usually applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical latitudinarianism.

4101

Rigorist

Rig″or‐ist, n. [Cf. F. rigoriste.] One who is rigorous; — sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.

4102

Rigorous

Rig″or‐ous (?), a. [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See Rigor.] 1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; st...

4103

Rigsdag

‖Rigs″dag (?), n. [Dan. Cf. Reichstag.] See Legislature, Denmark.

4104

Rigsdaler

‖Rigs″da′ler (?), n. [Dan. See Rix-dollar.] A Danish coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was the former unit of value in Denmark.