rigorousness

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English rigoresnes, rigoresnesse, rigorousenes, equivalent to rigorous +‎ -ness.

Noun

rigorousness (usually uncountable, plural rigorousnesses)

  1. The property of being rigorous, strictness.
    • 2020, Eley Williams, The Liarʼs Dictionary, William Heinemann, page 13:
      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.