Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, approaching a rigid or stiff consistence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Growing stiff or numb.
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- adjective Growing
stiff ornumb .
Etymologies
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Latin rigescens, present participle from rigescere to grow stiff.
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whichbe commented on the word rigescent
Becoming numb or stiff. (from Phrontistery)
May 23, 2008