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exigent
ex·i·gent E0276300 (ĕk′sə-jənt)adj.1. Requiring immediate action; pressing: an exigent need. See Synonyms at urgent.2. Having or making urgent demands; demanding: "Some citizens ... seized the offending material and made a bonfire of it ... to the gratification of an exigent crowd" (Garry Wills).
[Latin exigēns, exigent-, present participle of exigere, to demand; see exact.]
ex′i·gent·ly adv.exigent (ˈɛksɪdʒənt) adj1. urgent; pressing2. exacting; demanding[C15: from Latin exigere to drive out, weigh out, from agere to drive, compel] ˈexigently advex•i•gent (ˈɛk sɪ dʒənt)
adj. 1. requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing. 2. requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exigent-, s. of exigēns, present participle of exigere to drive out, demand; see exact] ex′i•gent•ly, adv. exigent - A good word to write on letters or packages, since everyone else writes "urgent" or "rush."See also related terms for rush.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | exigent - demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"crying, insistent, clamant, instantimperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative" | | 2. | exigent - requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"exactingdemanding - requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding" |
exigentadjective1. Compelling immediate attention:burning, crying, dire, emergent, imperative, instant, pressing, urgent.2. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty.Translationsnecessit...urgenteexigenteExigent
EXIGENT, or EXIGI FACIAS, practice. A writ issued in the course of proceedings to outlawry, deriving its name and application from the mandatory words found therein, signifying, "that you cause to be exacted or required; and it is that proceeding in an outlawry which, with the writ of proclamation, issued at the same time, immediately precedes the writ of capias utlagatum. 2 Virg. Cas. 244. exigent
Synonyms for exigentadj compelling immediate attentionSynonyms- burning
- crying
- dire
- emergent
- imperative
- instant
- pressing
- urgent
adj requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strengthSynonyms- arduous
- backbreaking
- burdensome
- demanding
- difficult
- effortful
- exacting
- formidable
- hard
- heavy
- laborious
- onerous
- oppressive
- rigorous
- rough
- severe
- taxing
- tough
- trying
- weighty
Synonyms for exigentadj demanding attentionSynonyms- crying
- insistent
- clamant
- instant
Related Wordsadj requiring precise accuracySynonymsRelated Words |