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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
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Example Sentences
- This is one of the most exigent problems facing the profession today.
- How much and what type of urgency constitutes an exigent circumstance? .
- The exigent time scale of the evolutionary crisis still has not captured their attention.
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exigent
1660s, "urgent," from L. exigentem, prp. of exigere "to demand" (see exact).
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