exigeant
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of exigeant
From French
Example Sentences
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Was Charles too exigeant with his demands, too chary of his daughter?
From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Ruth Putnam
Men were sick of it all, and would not be exigeant.
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope
Nor was Aunt Emmeline very exigeant, though she was fantastic and sometimes disagreeable.
From Ayala's Angel by Anthony Trollope
The ladies, as has before been said, were all high, the Marchioness being the least exigeant in that particular, and Lady Amelia the most so.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
But we who grovel on the damask earth Are we despoilt of thy exigeant mirth?
From The Dreamers A Club by John Kendrick Bangs
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