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exigent

American  
[ek-si-juhnt] / ˈɛk sɪ dʒənt /

adjective

  1. requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.

  2. requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable.

exigent British  
/ ˈɛksɪdʒənt /

adjective

  1. urgent; pressing

  2. exacting; demanding

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Other Word Forms

  • exigently adverb
  • nonexigent adjective
  • nonexigently adverb
  • unexigent adjective
  • unexigently adverb

Etymology

Origin of exigent

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

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