Vocabulary : Rigmarole to Rigsdaler

Rigmarole : A succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense. ;; Consisting of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish.
Rigol : A circle; hence, a diadem.
Rigolette : A woman's light scarflike head covering, usually knit or crocheted of wool.
Rigoll : A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end.
Rigor : Rigidity; stiffness. ;; A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever. ;; The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness. ;; See 1st Rigor, 2. ;; Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter. ;; Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty. ;; Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity. ;; Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification. ;; Violence; force; fury.

Rigorism : Strictness in ethical principles; -- usually applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical latitudinarianism. ;; Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity. ;; Severity, as of style, or the like.
Rigorist : One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.
Rigorous : Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration. ;; Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter. ;; Violent.
Rigsdag : See Legislature, Denmark.
Rigsdaler : A Danish coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was the former unit of value in Denmark.