rigescencen.

Brit.

/rɪˈdʒɛsns/, U.S.

/rɪˈdʒɛs(ə)ns/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rigēscere , -ence suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin rigēscere to become stiff (see rigescent adj.): see -ence suffix. Compare earlier rigent adj.

rare.

The action or fact of becoming stiff; stiffening.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [noun] > stiffness or rigidity > becoming or making stiff

stiffening1614

rigescence1766

rigidification1890

rigidizing1945

1766 tr. S. A. D. Tissot Treat. Crime of Onan ii. 37 This total rigescence [Fr. rigidité totale] or inflexibility of the body.

1768 Woman of Honor III. 5 Such particles..increase the obstructions and rigescence..natural to that time of life.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxvii. 362 (note) The stiffness and starkness, the unnatural rigescence of the limbs.

1918 A. Acton tr. E. Swedenborg Econ. Animal Kingdom iii. xi. 303 The cause of the convulsion may also be present in the muscle itself by the injuring of its nerve and vessel; that is to say, when it is inundated with blood or inflamed, rigescence occupies its motor fibre, membrane, tendon, aponeurosis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rigescence
释义	rigescencen. Brit. /rɪˈdʒɛsns/, U.S. /rɪˈdʒɛs(ə)ns/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rigēscere , -ence suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin rigēscere to become stiff (see rigescent adj.): see -ence suffix. Compare earlier rigent adj. rare. The action or fact of becoming stiff; stiffening. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [noun] > stiffness or rigidity > becoming or making stiff stiffening1614 rigescence1766 rigidification1890 rigidizing1945 1766 tr. S. A. D. Tissot Treat. Crime of Onan ii. 37 This total rigescence [Fr. rigidité totale] or inflexibility of the body. 1768 Woman of Honor III. 5 Such particles..increase the obstructions and rigescence..natural to that time of life. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxvii. 362 (note) The stiffness and starkness, the unnatural rigescence of the limbs. 1918 A. Acton tr. E. Swedenborg Econ. Animal Kingdom iii. xi. 303 The cause of the convulsion may also be present in the muscle itself by the injuring of its nerve and vessel; that is to say, when it is inundated with blood or inflamed, rigescence occupies its motor fibre, membrane, tendon, aponeurosis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1766
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