rigidities
plural of rigidity
Source: Wiktionary
Ri*gid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rigiditas: cf. F. rigidité. See Rigid.]
1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of from; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness.
2. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. Sir H. Wotton.
3. Severity; rigor. [Obs. orR.] Bp. Burnet.
Syn.
– Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
