About The Word Exigent
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Exigent
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What's The Definition Of Exigent?
[adj] requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"
[adj] demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" Synonyms | Synonyms for Exigent: clamant | crying | demanding | exacting | imperative | insistent | instant Related Terms | Find terms related to Exigent: accurate | acute | astringent | attentive | austere | authoritarian | burdensome | burning | charged | choiceless | clamant | clamorous | climacteric | close | compelling | compulsory | conscientious | correct | critical | crucial | crying | decisive | delicate | demanding | detailed | dour | draining | emergent | exact | exacting | exorbitant | exquisite | extortionate | fine | finical | finicking | finicky | fussy | grasping | grievous | grim | harsh | high-pressure | high-priority | imperative | imperious | importunate | insistent | instant | kairotic | loaded | loud | mandatory | menacing | meticulous | minute | narrow | necessary | necessitous | nice | obligatory | oppressive | particular | persistent | pertinacious | pivotal | precise | precisianistic | precisionistic | pregnant | pressing | punctilious | punctual | refined | religious | rigid | rigorous | rugged | scrupulous | scrutinizing | severe | Spartan | Spartanic | stern | strict | stringent | subtle | superincumbent | taxing | threatening | tough | unsparing | urgent | weighty | without choice See Also | Exigent In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`i*gent\, a. [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere
to drive out or forth, require, exact. See {Exact}.]
Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing;
critical. ``At this exigent moment.'' --Burke.
\Ex"i*gent\, n. 1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.] Why do you cross me in this exigent? --Shak. 2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. --Abbott. |
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