exigent
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sɪ adjective
1.
requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.
2.
requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable.
Also, exigeant.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exigent- (stem of exigēns) (present participle of exigere to drive out, demand), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -ig- (combining form of agere to drive) + -ent- -ent
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exigent- (stem of exigēns) (present participle of exigere to drive out, demand), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -ig- (combining form of agere to drive) + -ent- -ent
Related forms
ex·i·gent·ly, adverb
non·ex·i·gent, adjective
non·ex·i·gent·ly, adverb
un·ex·i·gent, adjective
un·ex·i·gent·ly, adverb
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exigent (ˈɛksɪdʒənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | urgent; pressing |
| 2. | exacting; demanding |
| [C15: from Latin exigere to drive out, weigh out, from agere to drive, compel] | |
| 'exigently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
exigent
1660s, "urgent," from L. exigentem, prp. of exigere "to demand" (see exact).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Her exigent private manner is balanced, in public, by a universal graciousness.
We are all so greedy, so demanding, and so exigent nowadays.
This is one of the most exigent problems facing the profession today.
The exigent time scale of the evolutionary crisis still has not captured their attention.
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