1 Freezing weather and ice are examples of the rigors of winter. 2  Difficult and challenging academic courses are an example of academic rigor. 3  harshness or severity; specif., 4  strictness or inflexibility: the rigor of martial law.  extreme hardship or difficulty: the rigors of life.
-logy, -logia, a suffix meaning a science or study of: mammalogy, metabology, neonatology. Suffix meaning 1. The study of the subject noted in the body of the word, or a treatise on the same; the English equivalent is-logy, or, with a connecting vowel, -ology [G. logos, discourse, treatise].2.logia. Suffix meaning 1. The study of the subject noted in the body of the word, or a treatise on the same; the English equivalent is-logy, or, with a connecting vowel, -ology [G. logos, discourse, treatise]. 2. Collecting or picking.
Lexy /lexy/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name. Lexy's root is Greek, and the name Lexy means man's defender.Lexy is a variant transcription of Alexandra (Greek): Latinate feminine variant of Alexander. Lexy is also a variation of Alexis (Greek): originally a boy's name.Kreatif forms: Laxy, Leoxy, Lixy.exy /lexy/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name. Lexy's root is Greek, and the name Lexy means man's defender.