Middle English Dictionary Entry
rigorǒusnes n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rigorǒusnes n. |
| Etymology | From rigorǒus adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Strict justice, rigid justice.
Associated quotations
- a1450(c1400-25) Legat Serm.PD (Wor F.10)15/175 : This was a mury melodi to man, ȝe, while þis songe was a-syngyng misericordia & veritas obuiauerunt sibi: mercy & rigoresnesse metten to-gedere.
- a1450(c1400-25) Legat Serm.PD (Wor F.10)15/177 : Al þe rigoresnes..þat God vside e þe Olde Testament be now i-changed in-to mekenes..to vs þat ben vnder þe Newe Testament.
- c1475(1459) Pros.Yorkists in EHR 26 (Roy 17.D.15)514 : Þe most commendable vertu that may be in a prynce is to be clement and myld and to have rigorousenes in abomynacion.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. rigorousness.