| 释义 |
‖ exigeant, a.|ɛksiʒɑ̃|
[Fr. pr. pple. of exiger, ad. L. exigĕre: see exigent.]
= exacting ppl. a. 3. Also used (with ns. denoting women) in fem. form exigeante |ɛksiʒɑ̃t|.
1803M. Edgeworth Belinda viii, Clarence Hervey had been used to the brilliant and exigeante lady Delacour. 1837C'tess Blessington in C. Heath Bk. of Beauty 190 It scarcely satisfied the jealous and exigeant lover. 1871R. H. Hutton Ess. I. 22 Falling into the jealous, exigeant, selfish type of affection. |