exigent

[ ek-si-juhnt ]

adjective

1. requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.
2. requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable.

exigent

/ ˈɛksɪdʒənt /

adjective

1. urgent; pressing
2. exacting; demanding

Derived Forms

• ˈexigently, adverb

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of exigent¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of exigent¹

C15: from Latin exigere to drive out, weigh out, from agere to drive, compel

Example Sentences

He counsels me not to be exigent in my terms; if he knew me better, perhaps, he would not have deemed the advice so necessary.

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Are we too exigent when we implore the whites to preach by example?

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The more modest and simple the Rav, the haughtier and more exigent the Rebbetzin.

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Nay, because Slavery is powerful, because the Enterprise is difficult, therefore is the duty of all more exigent.

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But it is a long and exigent part, and there were times in the play when her physical strength was overtaxed.

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