exigeant
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of exigeant
From French
Example Sentences
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Oh, believe me," replied Mr. Kennyfeck with a bland persuasiveness, "fashion is only exigeant in small matters; the really momentous affairs of life are always at a man's own disposal.
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
"Pourtant j'ai été pour vous bien dur, bien exigeant."
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
“It is sad that it should be so,” remarked Lady Bygrave, “perhaps, if His Holiness, the Pope, were not so exigeant in his demands, the glorious union might soon be accomplished.”
From Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times by Kingston, William Henry Giles
He is growing exigeant, jealous, presuming; he amuses me no longer—he wearies.
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
But even duty may pall on an exigeant husband, and a man may be brought to wish that his wife would cross him.
From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony
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